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Category Archives: Culture
A brief history of Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
(January 30, 2001) The history of Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries (MPGC) is almost as long as that of the community it serves. Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Culture
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The crack in the microloan myth
(December 5, 2000) Scheme to empower poor women doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. We’ve all read heartwarming stories like this one, set in Madi, Kyrgyzstan and reported in Sunday’s New York Times. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture (Rural), Culture, Regulation
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Close health care gap with allowances
(November 21, 2000) Doctors, lawyers and other professionals aren’t as healthy, and don’t live as long, as those who occupy even higher rungs on the socio-economic ladder. Neither do the children of doctors, lawyers and other professionals. Continue reading
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The real enemy of free markets
(March 7, 2000) Now that communism has fallen, free market advocates should train their guns on the most powerful remaining impediment to the free enterprise system. Not environmentalists. Not nationalists. Not even labour unions. The chief threat to free enterprise comes from big business. Continue reading
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Six billion reasons for hope
(October 5, 1999) Next Tuesday, we, the citizens of the world, will be six billion strong, up from five billion a dozen years ago and from four billion in 1974. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Regulation, Sprawl
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