William Watson

German study finds that when a worker dies unexpectedly the wages of co-workers go up. Read what William Watson has to say about it

Premiers passing the hunt for bucks to Ottawa won’t fix system

There are few true “Eureka!” moments in economics. Read more.

Liz Truss bends on tax cuts

Although denticare does reduce some people’s dental bills dramatically, the effect for everyone else is inflationary

People have been listening to the politics, not the science. Read more here

Reality says fossil fuels will be with us for decades to come. If providence has provided them to you, why not use them — responsibly?

That’s bad news for least-cost climate policies

The CBC’s conception of ideological diversity apparently now ranges from far-left to hard-left

Committing to turn your transportation system upside down without yet having tech to manage it economically almost certainly qualifies as a category of…

Everyone feels entitled to their entitlements. But how is drivers’ opposition to tolls different from dairy farmers’ opposition to free markets for milk?