Why is Canada different?

[macdon02]

Like Rome, the British Empire and other empires throughout history the US and the West will go supernova and China se Asia will be the new financial powerhouse in our lifetime. Pack your bags, socialism is dead.

[blackpowder]

And the more I think about it Integrity..
Which of the three concepts are garbage??
Surely not safe affordable energy? Surely not property rights? So it must be the lower taxes and regulations that offend your sensibilties??
Hmmmm, I would like to say, typical.

[westernvicki]

Niall Ferguson UK economist offers interesting perspective on the differences between South and North America: why the two Americas have such a different civil, social and economic history. He cites property distribution as core to historic development and long term differences.

In North America settlement was tied to property, in south America massive concentration of land and wealth conquistadors conquered. Canada had one of the highest % of individual ownership of all nations, followed by the USA. Today's social and economic strata reflects this history.

Much of his writing is an interesting read.

[westernvicki]

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&u act=8&ved=0ahUKEwinwZ2FnLnTAhWU8oMKHY85DYYQFghGMAc &url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNiall _Ferguson&usg=AFQjCNHUwj_Edwkt4bPHLoHKLhF8ektrPw&s ig2=HKQlNB4VF8wZt2jPokH_OA

[westernvicki]

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&u act=8&ved=0ahUKEwinwZ2FnLnTAhWU8oMKHY85DYYQFghGMAc &url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNiall _Ferguson&usg=AFQjCNHUwj_Edwkt4bPHLoHKLhF8ektrPw&s ig2=HKQlNB4VF8wZt2jPokH_OA

He is Scottish.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Interesting timing on this thread, I've been reading the book The Birth of Prosperity How the Modern World was Created Which is about this very subject. It basically agrees with the picture at the beginning of the thread. Really interesting read, I reccommend it.

[burnt]

Interesting timing on this thread, I've been reading the book The Birth of Prosperity How the Modern World was Created Which is about this very subject. It basically agrees with the picture at the beginning of the thread. Really interesting read, I recommend it.

AF5, I just recently got the book you refer to - I think! If it's the same book, the title is "The Birth of Plenty, How the Prosperity Of The Modern World Was created.", by William J. Bernstein. It is a worthwhile read.

He says the four crucial elements of prosperity are property rights, scientific rationalism, effective capital markets and efficient transport and communication.

Bernstein says the the per-capita, world-wide GDP was basically stagnant until 1000AD when it climbed slowly from about 1500 to 1800 when it exploded higher. It was then that for the first time in history that all those 4 factors coincided.

On his premise, it shows why it is so important to protect all four of those elements.

[grassfarmer]

He is Scottish.

Yeah, but he has a lot of crazy views, always has.

[Integrity_Farmer]

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a advocacy group based in Washington DC with long ties to tobacco disinformation campaigns and more recently to climate change denial. It calls itself "a non-profit, non-partisan research and advocacy institute dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Competitive_Enterprise_Institute

The CEI is an AstroTurf organization funded by big business and they have attacked the US Affordable Health Care Act and Challenges to the Dodd-Frank Act and financial regulation

You may want to look at your source before you post this garbage on here. Do a little research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_Enterprise_Institute

BP I was commenting on your choice of copying the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Where are you getting that garbage from? You are who you associate with.

The (CEI) is a advocacy group based in Washington DC with long ties to tobacco disinformation campaigns and more recently to climate change denial. It calls itself "a non-profit, non-partisan research and advocacy institute dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government.

I think we have the ability in Canada to come up with our own solutions not some meaningless rhetoric from this US think tank whose donors include the Koch brothers.

[foragefarmer]

Hell of a concept this "Competitive Enterprise Institute" has come up with. Twenty million suffering from famine, most countries are run by dictators, and the rest have terrorists groups raising havoc and they come up this. Nothing like stating the obviously!

For those of you feeling that you got it so bad here in Canada, which country in Africa would you choose to raise your family in or farm in?


Caseih

When Martin was running for re-election as PM did you ever vote for him, or did you you mark your X for Harper? I'll bet you voted for Stevie as he had so much job experience on his resume, and now you complain about Trudeau.