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Book Reviews
(August 5, 2004) The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy – What does it take to succeed in America these days? For starters, it helps to have parents who never made it rich. Continue reading
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The revolutionary myth that won’t die
(July 9, 2004) Yes, Cubans do face shortages of fuel, and yes, Cubans do suffer from shortages in medicine, supporters of Fidel Castro’s regime concede. Yes, some will also acknowledge, the island nation – once the most prosperous by far in the Caribbean – has become one of the region’s most impoverished since Castro took over. Continue reading
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Propping up a tropical tyranny
(July 9, 2004) For those Canadians who cling to the conceit that Cuba’s socialist system presents a humane and economically viable alternative to Western capitalism, this week’s Post series on Fidel Castro’s tropical tyranny should be required reading. Continue reading
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Here comes the sun
(June 24, 2004) Go to YouTube and you can see a corporate video of a printing press running at 100 feet per minute, applying a nanoparticle ink to foil and producing solar cells. This machine is owned by Nanosolar Inc., which in turn is partly owned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders of Google. This one printing machine, Nanosolar claims, can produce solar cells with a capacity of 1,000 MW per year, the equivalent of a nuclear reactor at Indian Point outside Manhattan or two nuclear reactors at Pickering outside Toronto. Continue reading
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The key to rural immigration in New Brunswick
(June 24, 2004) As many of you know, most western countries are facing serious population decline because they have a low birth rate and are unable to attract immigrants. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 