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Contents
November 1997

Editor's Notes
This Issue's Authors
Cover Story
The Top Three Problems with Signing a Treaty to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Laura Jones
Many people remain unaware just how much bad scientific reporting, bad economics, and bad judgement are involved in any commitment to "cure" global warming.
The Decline and Fall of Global Warming
by Patrick J. Michaels
The author details the scientific evolution of global warming.
The Link Between the Science and the Politics of Global Warming
by Chris Cragg
The current relationship between science and the media is a key element in the link between science and politics.
Also Featuring
Don't Move, Something Might Happen
by David Gratzer and Cynthia Ramsay
Here's one simple way to improve the medicare system: allow people to spend their own money on health care.
Privatized Censorship
by Mark Weller
Is it possible to have truly free markets within a regime that does not permit free speech? Perhaps free markets will lead to free speech.
Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Free Speech
by Michel Boucher and Filip Palda
The Supreme Court recently ruled on the Quebec referendum law. But could this win for citizens hobble Canadian democracy?
November Questions and Answers
by Joel Emes
A discussion of Canada's international rank in general consumption taxes and gasoline taxes.
November Graph
by Joel Emes
A chart of the income, social security, and total taxes as a percent of GDP in Canada and 10 other countries.
You Think Breaking Up Is Hard to Do?
by George Graham
There are good reasons for North and South Korea to consider amalgamating. But many obstacles stand in the way.
Polling for Truth: Examining Canadian Views on Public Education
by Helen Raham
Media reports about a recent public opinion poll commissioned by the BC Teachers' Federation were misleading. Here's why.
How to Reach the Optimal Size of Government
by Michael Walker
With the first federal budget surplus since 1974 just around the corner, how should we spend the "fiscal dividend?" More program spending is not what the nation needs.
The Cost of Crime from the Perpetrator's Perspective
by Stephen Easton
What costs and benefits does your average break-and-enter perpetrator face from his actions? Not much, according to this author.
City of Surrey Mapping On-line System
Umendra Mital, K.T. Naylor and G.L. Rogowski
This "Economy in Government Competition" Runner-Up explains how a software solution made existing mapping data more accessible.
Self Interest and Society
by Chris Sarlo
Rational self interest is the motivating force behind economic behaviour. And economic behaviour governs everything we do.
Robert Kuttner's Everything for Sale: A Hard Sell
by Owen Lippert
Though conservatives would disagree, they cannot dismiss Kuttner's ideas and analysis.
What Folks Know That Isn't So
by Fazil Mihlar
This month, we consider the statement, "Canada Cannot Compete with Third World Wages."
Spending the "Fiscal Dividend" Properly Could Help Canadian Unity
by Gordon Gibson
The fight over the division of the so-called "fiscal dividend" is now well under way. It is a very basic discussion for Canadian unity.

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