Economics in One Lesson XII: “Stabilizing” Commodities

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: They still make fun of Newfies. The short discussion of how Canadian agriculture works with regards to “stabilizing” commodities makes it a lot more palatable.  Without US politics around a discussion of how product prices change, it makes it easier to [...]

Economics in One Lesson XI: How the Price System Works

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: So Canadian they know the trailer park boys.

Economics in One Lesson X: “Saving the ‘X’ Industry

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: So Canadian they know Zap Rowsdower. – Each one of these videos encapsulates the respective chapters of Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson quite well.  It’s an excellent series, especially because it is from a Canadian point of view.  As the outsider [...]

Economics in One Lesson IX: “Who’s ‘protected’ by Tariffs?

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: So Canadian they had to decide if they wanted to be fishing guides or mounties when they grew up.

Economics in One Lesson VIII: “Spread the Work Schemes”

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: Uber-Canadian, but without the floppy heads and beady eyes.

Economics in One Lesson VII: “The Curse of Machinery”

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: So Canadian they put maple syrup on everything. – Machines took our jobs!

Economics in One Lesson VI: “Credit Diverts Production”

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: Extremely Canadian.  They’re probably wearing hockey skates right now. Note that the Community Reinvestment Act and the mortgage meltdown is used as a prime example by our neighbors to the north about how government can screw up what the private sector [...]

Economics in One Lesson V: “Taxes Discourage Production”

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: They’re so Canadian, they buy their milk in bags with Canadian Tire money. For those who’ve missed the news for the last few years, it’s worth noting that Canada has been doing rather well.  Economically speaking, they’ve had a massive energy [...]

Economics in One Lesson IV: “Public Works Mean Taxes”

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: Be warned, they are extremely Canadian.  They’re so Canadian they probably still trap for pelts.

Economics in One Lesson III: “The Blessings of Destruction”

From “On the Other Hand” by the western Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy: Again, they are extremely Canadian.  There’s probably a case of Labatt Blue under that desk. Another video elaborating on the fallacy, with quotes from modern “economists” and pundits who still support the idea of destruction as a good thing: And of [...]