Reading Time: 3 minutes Western economies have almost no inflation and higher growth rates than economists are measuring because of the rise of intangible assets
Tag: Canadian economy
The ups and downs of boom-bust oil
Reading Time: 3 minutes Breaking up monopolies and trusts deemed to be manipulating markets led to some unintended consequences, including price volatility
Living in the post-truth world, energy style
Reading Time: 4 minutes Post-truth nonsense about fossil fuels paints a dangerous, damaging and distorted picture of Canada’s energy use and production
Putting a price on carbon, from farm to fork
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trudeau government’s aggressive carbon campaign could inspire even more companies to pack up and leave, harming our economy
Finding new markets will ease impact of U.S. protectionism
Reading Time: 3 minutes As Canada integrates more and more into the global economy, it will matter to us less and less that the United States withdraws
Trump’s tax plan impetus for corporate tax cuts in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the global economy, the corporate tax rate is an important component in driving economic growth, investment and workers’ wages
Guarding against income inequality in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does Canada need to worry about the same festering malaise that has disrupted the United States?
Without pipelines, Canada’s prosperity is on the line
Reading Time: 4 minutes FINLAYSON: Will lead to a loss of full-time, well-paying jobs, shrunken energy industry supply chains across the country, and diminished revenues for governments
Economic silver linings for Canada in the Trump cloud
Reading Time: 3 minutes Buck up Canadians. Trump’s pledge to lift the U.S.’s anemic economic growth rate can only be good news for Canada
Trump’s isolationism may spur Canadians to pull together
Reading Time: 4 minutes His election should be a wake-up call for Canadians who have been sleepwalking into an over-dependency on the United States