Finn Poschmann
Contributor
Economy
Elections in France and Greece cannot resolve Europe’s underlying problems
Ultimately the Greek and French elections signify nothing: they cannot address the toxic economic bonds that make fiscal policy a burning cross-border issue within the eurozone.
By Finn Poschmann
Canada
A System that Worked
This sharp delivery of change to the political landscape reflects a system that worked. Our archaic first-past-the-post election machinery produced the sort of change that many voters seemed to want and expect.
By Finn Poschmann
Economy
The Hubris of the Public Intellectual
Economists have not had a good war. In the battle over how to understand and respond to the recent financial crisis and recession, few have emerged covered in glory and medals.
By Finn Poschmann
Economy
Buying Trust with Trillions
Regulation and confused incentives shatter the trust that ought to govern the parcelling out of mortgage market risk
By Finn Poschmann
Social Policy
Trust on a Street Corner, Approaching Midnight
What is remarkable about successful societies is that non-naive residents expect transactions involving strangers and casual acquaintances to be, in the main, happily resolved.
By Finn Poschmann
Social Policy
Harnessing the New Millenarianism
A mode of thinking in Western culture that wears disguises and creeps into political thought and speech and into our daily lives.
By Finn Poschmann
Canada
Now Is It Time For Proportional Representation?
Finn Poschmann and Henry Milner debate the pros and cons of change