Jim Stanford

Jim Stanford is an economist and director of the Centre for Future Work. He was a member of the steering group for the IRPP’s industrial policy project. X: @JimboStanford; Bluesky. 

Articles by this author

In bright turquoise, red-orange, yellow and green, an illustration that is a jumble of faceless people, robots, mechanical arms, a pencil, a pointing finger and a hand on a laptop.

Only targeted industrial policy will fulfil Canada’s value-adding potential 

A line graph showing Canada’s GDP per person sliding compared to that of the United States from a peak of 93.9 per cent in 1981 to 75.5 per cent in 2021. It stood at 78 per cent in the most recent year, 2023.

The perils of per capita GDP: No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama

A magnifying glass enlarges the holographic image of Parliament Hill's Peace Tower on a $20 bill.

The misleading use of per capita GDP: Numerators, denominators and living standards

National child-care plan would accelerate post-COVID recovery

We’re going to need a Marshall Plan to rebuild after COVID-19

Technology isn’t shaping work the way we think

The revolution is dead. Long live the revolution!

Fax from the fringe: Goodbye, Amway

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