October 2001

Features

• Private Education for the Poor? - Claudia R. Hepburn
  This author details startling facts about the public and private sectors in educating impoverished children.

• Measuring Provincial and State Welfare Reductions Post-1996 Reform - Jason Clemens, Joel Emes & Chris Schafer
  What has and hasn’t worked as jurisdictions in Canada and the US use their increased flexibility to experiment with welfare reform?

• Globalization, Trade, and the Poor - Fred McMahon
  Anti-globalists would do well to remember that nations that were once poor, but opened their borders to trade and adopted market reform, have emerged from national poverty.

• Room to Experiment: Seizing Alberta’s Advantage for Welfare Reform - Sylvia LeRoy & Barry Cooper
  In recent years, Alberta has led the country in welfare reform.

• The Toronto Star and Poverty - Chris Sarlo
  The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest circulation daily newspaper, so its editorial voice is important. Too bad it is blind about poverty.

• October Questions & Answers and October Graph - Joel Emes
  What is Canada’s poverty line and how is it measured?

Articles

• Standing Firm in Chile - Owen Lippert
  In memory of the Americans killed by terrorists on September 11.

• Explaining the Mystery of Capital - Hernando de Soto
  When this European-educated economist returned home to Peru to begin a business there, he was shocked at the differences between the two worlds. So he decided to try to go about bringing the benefits of the capitalist system to impoverished countries.

• The Fundamentals of Democratic Reform: Part I - Gordon Gibson
  This article explains the three levels of democratic reform that Canadians should consider.

• Saving Money With Generic Drugs - John R. Graham
  A recent study claims that Canadian taxpayers could save money by speeding up the approval of generic drugs. This author sees a more important way to cut costs with generics.

• Misinformation about Taxes & Health Care - Jason Clemens
  Taxes and health care spending in Canada.

• Trading Our Way to Peace - Filip Palda
  To win the war on terrorism, George W. Bush will have to find some way to accelerate economic progress in lands drunk on religion.

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