Fiscal Policy and Recessions: A Primer on Automatic Stabilizers finds that in 2009, during the last recession, spending on unemployment benefits by the federal employment insurance (EI) program increased automatically by nearly $5 billion—or 43.4 per cent—as unemployment increased.
Property Rights and Prosperity: A Case Study of Westbank First Nation finds that Westbank, a small First Nation in British Columbia’s southern Interior, employs a system of property law that allows band members to buy and sell real estate and generate significant revenue for individuals and the community.
Hong Kong fights for rule of law—and more (Appeared in the Svensk Tidskrift)by Tanja Porčnik In China, the legal system is used to silence people who do not support the state.
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