Stephen Michael MacLean
14 December 2012
The phrase ‘fiscal cliff’ now permeates the American media. In essence, the cliff is a series of legislated fiscal triggers that will be activated on 1 January, which include...
Stephen Michael MacLean
11 October 2012
John Meadowcroft’s recent article in defence of free markets, ‘From Big Macs to Big Brother’, begins thus:
‘One of the most important contemporary debates in...
Stephen Michael MacLean
15 May 2012
Surveying the political field following the local elections - where Labour made gains at the expense of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats - Ed West confesses gloomily that ‘Being...
Stephen Michael MacLean
12 April 2012
Britons attentive to political affairs in Canada will be aware of its latest political scandal: allegations abound of electioneering shenanigans involving annoying telephone calls in the late of...
Stephen Michael MacLean
6 February 2012
Who among us hasn’t wiled away a lazy hour with travel fantasies, courtesy of Google Maps? Not the French, apparently, who seem to have little appreciation for Google Maps’ indulgence...
Stephen Michael MacLean
25 November 2011
Students of public choice theory will recognise the rationale behind the Canadian government’s recent effort to cut waste.
In response to an access-to-information request, the Treasury...
Stephen Michael MacLean
25 July 2011
Negotiations in Washington are providing an instructive lesson in political economy as both parties haggle over terms for raising the debt ceiling (currently at $14.3 trillion, to be hit on 2nd...
Stephen Michael MacLean
27 June 2011
Public choice theory - the application of economics to politics - is inspired by classical liberal principles of free markets and limited government. With its focus on government depredations on...