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| EST. READ TIME 2 MIN.Fraser Forum - October 2008: US Election Consequences
In this issue:
Up Front: Celebrate Hong Kong
On September 16, the Fraser Institute announced the results of the annual Economic Freedom of the World report in Hong Kong at a gala event.
Is America becoming Canadianized?
by Jason Clemens
Some of Canada’s less market-friendly policies appear to be making their way south of the border.
A race to remember
by Alexander Moens
The candidate who wins the 2008 presidential election will be the candidate who can win over mainstream voters.
Science and safety
by Diane Katz
Crises such as the recent Listeriosis outbreak could be prevented if Health Canada would embrace biotechnologies such as irradiation.
The congressional challenge
by Norman J. Ornstein
Both presidential candidates will face real challenges in Congress if they make it to the White House.
A barrel full of problems
by Diane Katz
No matter which candidate emerges the victor come November, Canada will likely confront an administration that is less friendly to its petroleum products.
America’s fiscal future
by J. Scott Moody
John McCain’s plan to lower marginal tax rates for individuals and businesses would provide Americans with incentives to work hard and invest.
Putting patients first
The only way to fix health care in Canada, according to Dr. Brian Day, former president of the Canadian Medical Association, is to put patients at the center of the system.
The WHO’s sick manifesto
by Philip Stevens
Many of the WHO’s recent recommendations on ways to improve global health seem to be specifically designed to undermine economic growth.
Quebec’s labour woes
by Keith Godin and Milagros Palacios
Labour market performance in la belle province is dismal compared to other Canadian provinces and US states.
Supply and command
by Gerry Angevine
Ontario’s proposed electricity plan will negatively affect consumers by hurting system reliability and inviting higher rates.
The lonely path
by Alan W. Dowd
The next American president should keep in mind the examples of previous presidents as he walks the lonely path of global leadership.
Low-tech care in a high-tech world
by Nadeem Esmail
Governments across Canada are failing when it comes to providing Canadians with easy access to advanced medical technology.
In Closing: Spreading economic freedom in Jordan
by Fred McMahon and Amela Karabegović
This August the Fraser Institute sponsored a policy audit in Jordan, gathering numerous government officials to discuss ways to improve the economic freedom of Jordanians.
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Jason Clemens
Executive Vice President, Fraser Institute -
Fred McMahon
Resident Fellow, Dr. Michael A. Walker Chair in Economic FreedomFred McMahon is a Fraser Institute Resident Fellow and holder of the Dr. Michael A. Walker Chair in Economic Freedom.He has an M.A. in Economics from McGill University. Mr. McMahon manages the Economic Freedom of the World Project and coordinates the Economic Freedom Network, an international alliance of over 100 think tank partners in about 100 nations and territories. His research focuses on global issues such as development, trade, governance and economic structure. Mr. McMahon is the author of numerous research articles and several books including, Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Impact of Federal Transfers on Atlantic Canada, which won the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for advancing public policy debate, Road to Growth: How Lagging Economies Become Prosperous, and Retreat from Growth: Atlantic Canada and the Negative Sum Economy.He has written for numerous publications including the European Journal of Political Economy, the SAIS Journal (School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University), the Wall Street Journal, Policy Options, National Post, Time (Canada), Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, and most other major Canadian newspapers. Research articles he has recently authored or co-authored include: Economic Freedom of North America, Quebec Prosperity: Taking the Next Step, The Unseen Wall: The Fraser Institute's Annual Trade Survey, and Economic Freedom of the Arab World.… Read more -
Milagros Palacios
Director, Addington Centre for Measurement, Fraser InstituteMilagros Palacios is the Director for the Addington Centre for Measurement at the Fraser Institute. She holds a B.S. in IndustrialEngineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Concepcion, Chile. Ms. Palacios has studied public policy involving taxation, government finances, investment, productivity, labour markets, and charitable giving, for nearly 10 years. Since joining the Institute, Ms. Palacios has authored or coauthored over 70 comprehensive research studies, 70 commentaries and four books. Her recent commentaries have appeared in major Canadian newspapers such as the National Post, Toronto Sun, Windsor Star, and Vancouver Sun.… Read more -
Nadeem Esmail
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Nadeem Esmail is a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute. He first joined the Fraser Institute in 2001, served asDirector of Health System Performance Studies from 2006 to 2009, and has been a Senior Fellow since 2010. Mr. Esmail has spearheaded critical Fraser Institute research including the annual Waiting Your Turn survey of surgical wait times across Canada and How Good Is Canadian Health Care?, an international comparison of health care systems. In addition, Mr. Esmail has authored or co-authored more than 30 comprehensive studies and more than 150 articles on a wide range of topics including the cost of public health care insurance, international comparisons of health care systems, hospital performance, medical technology, and physician shortages. A frequent commentator on radio and TV, Mr. Esmail's articles have appeared in newspapers across North America. Mr. Esmail completed his B.A. (Honours) in Economics at the University of Calgary and received an M.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia.… Read more -
Alan Dowd
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, Senior Editor of Fraser Insight and Managing Director ofthe Institute's EFNA Network. In addition, Dowd conducts research into defence and security issues. He co-authored the Fraser Institute report Cybersecurity Challenges for Canada and the United States; has contributed to the Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America Annual Report (EFNA); helped launch the Institute’s EFNA Network in 2014; and continues to manage and coordinate the EFNA Network, which today enfolds more than 60 member-organizations in 47 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico. An award-winning writer, Dowd is a frequent contributor to American Legion Magazine, Military Officer, The American, Landing Zone, and American Outlook. In addition, his writing has appeared in Fraser Forum, Claremont Review of Books, Policy Review, Parameters, Journal of Diplomacy & International Relations, Diplomat & International Canada, World Politics Review, World & I, National Post, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Sacramento Bee, Indianapolis Star, Detroit News, Vancouver Sun, Wall Street Journal Europe, Jerusalem Post, Financial Times Deutschland, and the online editions of the American Interest, National Review, and Weekly Standard. Dowd has served as an adjunct professor at Butler University and Anderson University; was a founding member of the Sagamore Institute leadership team, where he continues to hold a senior fellow post; and was director of Hudson Institute’s corporate headquarters. He earned a B.A. with departmental high honors from Butler University and an M.A. from Indiana University.… Read more -
Alexander Moens
Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser UniversityAlexander Moens is a professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and a former Senior Fellow inAmerican Policy at the Fraser Institute. He teaches American Foreign Policy and the Political and Security Relations between Europe and North America. He is the author of Foreign Policy Under Carter, Boulder : Westview Press, 1990, and most recently The Foreign Policy of George W. Bush: Values, Strategy, Loyalty (Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, November 2004).His work on European Security includes Disconcerted Europe: The Search for a New Security Architecture (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994). Co-edited with Christopher Anstis; NATO and European Security: Alliance Politics from the Cold War's End to the Age of Terrorism (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2003), Co-edited with Lenard Cohen and Allen Sens; and Foreign Policy Realignment in the Age of Terror (Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2003), Co-edited with Lenard Cohen and Brian Job.In 1992, Moens served in the Policy Planning Staff of Canada's Foreign Affairs Department and in the Spring of 1999 he was a visiting fellow at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. He is also a researcher with the Council For Canadian Security in the 21st Century, and a Fellow of the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute.… Read more -
Gerry Angevine
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute -
Diane Katz
Diane S. Katz is a Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy with the Heritage Foundation and the former Director of Risk,Environment and Energy Policy for the Fraser Institute. She has more than two decades of experience in research and writing about public policy, including six years as Director of Science, Environment and Technology for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and nine years as a member of The Detroit News editorial board specializing in science and the environment, telecommunications and technology, and the auto industry. Ms. Katz has been awarded several fellowships, including the Jack R. Howard Science Reporting Institute at the California Institute of Technology; the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Program; the Kinship Conservation Institute; and the Political Economy Research Center. She has testified before Congress as well as a number of state legislatures, and was appointed to represent the State Policy Network, a coalition of more than 50 think tanks across the United States, on the American Legislative Exchange Council. She has been published by the Wall Street Journal; The Washington Times; National Review; The Weekly Standard; Reason Magazine and dozens of regional and local newspapers. Ms. Katz graduated with a B.Ph. from Thomas Jefferson College and an M.A. from the University of Michigan.… Read more -
Keith Godin
Keith Godin is a former Fraser Institute Senior Policy Analyst who published many studies on a range of policy issuesincluding entrepreneurship, labour regulation, labour market performance, taxation, and investment. His publications include: Crowding Out Private Equity: Canadian Evidence (2007), The Economic Costs of Capital Gains Taxes (2007), Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States (2007), and Canadian Provincial Investment Climate Report: 2007 Edition (2007). He has also written shorter studies on fiscal policy and government failure as well as commentaries in newspapers across the country. Mr. Godin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Simon Fraser University. His thesis focused on entrepreneurship and venture capital.… Read more -
Philip Stevens
Philip Stevens is Director of Policy with the International Policy Network, United Kingdom. He is the author of numerous healthpolicy publications, including Free Trade for Better Health (2005) and The Real Determinants of Health (2005) . He has held research positions at the Adam Smith Institute and Reform in London, and spent several years as a management consultant. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Durham University.… Read more -
Norman Ornstein
Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He also serves as an election analyst forCBS News and writes a weekly column called Congress Inside Out for Roll Call newspaper.… Read more -
Scott Moody
Scott Moody is the former Director of U.S. Fiscal Policy for the Fraser Institute. He has worked as a taxpolicy economist for more than 10 years and is the author, co-author and editor of more than 50 articles and books. Prior to joining the Fraser Institute, Mr. Moody was vice president of policy and chief economist for The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Maine's free-market think tank. He has also worked as an economist for The Tax Foundation and The Heritage Foundation, both located in Washington, D.C. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wingate University (Wingate, N.C.) and a Master of Arts in Economics from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). Mr. Moody has testified twice before the House Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. Congress as well as testifying before the Maine State Legislature on tax and budget issues. He has been interviewed by numerous newspapers and radio and television stations. His work has appeared in Forbes, CNN Money, State Tax Notes, The New York Sun, The Oklahoman and the Portland Press Herald. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER, formerly ACCRA) and on the editorial board of the Journal for Applied Research in Economic Development co-published by the University of Southern Mississippi and C2ER.… Read more -
Wallace Chan
Wallace Chan is the Chinese Affairs Coordinator at the Fraser Institute.