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Contents
June 1998

This Issue's Authors
Editor's Notes
Some Ticket Pricing Puzzles
by Marc Law and Jason Clemens
The authors illustrate "good economics" at work by examining some ticket pricing practices which appear to be irrational
Cover Stories:
Recovering Our Honour: Why Policing Must Reject the "War on Drugs"
by Gil Puder
This Vancouver Police Department veteran takes a controversial position as he explains why the war on drugs must end.
Canadian Attitudes Towards Decriminalizing Marijuana Use: What Surveys Show
by Daniel Savas
This pollster shows how Canadian public opinion on decriminalizing marijuana use has shifted dramatically over the past decade.
The Costs of the War on Drugs
by Richard Stevenson
The "war on drugs" was declared 25 years ago, yet drug problems have intensified and proliferated. The costs are high.

Other Articles:

Reducing Waste from Soft Drink Packaging: Market Innovation verus Government Intervention
By Michael Hare
Soft Drink packaging is subject to more packaging regulations than any other consumer goods industry in Canada. But do the regulations work?
Estimating the Value of Volunteering
By Jason Clemens and Johanna Kompas
Using a framework developed by Professor Eleanor Brown, the authors derive estimates of the value of volunteering to Canadians
Encouraging Change: Partnerships Between Business and Education in Canada
By helen Raham
It is time for business to move to the next level of corporate philanthropy and help provide Canadians with a globally competitive education system.

The Green Team
by Liv Fredricksen and Laura Jones
The Green Team travels BC making presentations to elementary school students.  How sensible is their message?

The Problems with LICO
by Chris Sarlo
In this second part of a two-part series, the author reports that social welfare activists, many reporters, and some academics continue to use LICO as if it were an official poverty line. However, it isn't.

Institute News
by Sherry Stein

The Desktop and the DOJ
by Mark Weller
As Microsoft is forced to spend more and more of its time focusing on legal cases, such as that brought by the US Department of Justice, its products are delayed. The consumer is the loser.

A Time for Change
by William McArthur, M.D.
As our population ages and our access to health care resources is further restricted by our governments, Canadians are increasingly facing the appaling deficiencies in our health care system.

June Questions and Answers
by Joel Emes
Which provinces have balanced their budgets and which ones still have significant deficits?

June Graph
by Joel Emes
This graph shows the federal deficit as a percent of GDP for the past 38 years.

Human Rights Ruling Endangers All
by Karen Selick
According to our so-called human rights laws, there may sometimes be a positive duty to say something nice, even when you don't believe it.

Don't Drink the Water!
by Filip Palda
We Live in a country that forbids the sale of water to other countries desparate for the stuff, but where Canadians are encouraged to drown thmselves in the water they cannot afford.





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