For a small northern country, Canada has enjoyed the economic benefits of a uniquely successful auto manufacturing industry, one that is far out of proportion to our population or our market. In 1999, when our …
Lire le texteCanada's job-making machine has continued to charge ahead, so far shrugging off concerns about a US economic slowdown. The economy has added 440,000 paid jobs in the last year, and total employment has topped the 15 …
Lire le texteCanadian governments have been talking about national public child care for years. And the issue is once again at the top of the political agenda because of the extreme labour market and work-life pressures unleashed …
Lire le texteLes économistes croient presque universellement aux vertus de la croissance économique et, malgré mes positions parfois hérétiques sur certaines questions, il y a suffisamment d'économiste en moi pour que je partage ce point de vue. …
Lire le texteIt’s usually taken for granted that the world of work is being fundamentally transformed by the irresistible, tectonic force of technology. Automation and artificial intelligence will destroy some jobs and create others. Digitized business models …
Lire le texteImagine if the CEO of a large corporation pledged his com- pany would never again borrow a single dollar. ”œDebt is bad,” he might announce to the annual meeting. ”œOur company will steadily pay off …
Lire le texteEvery revolution grows old—and so, too, do the revolutionaries. Fidel Castro's hair is grey, he has reportedly cut down on cigars, and his speeches now last only a couple of hours (rather than all day and …
Lire le texteEconomists almost universally believe in the virtues of economic growth, and ”” despite my own occasionally heretical views on some economic subjects ”” I am enough of an economist to share that view. Sustainable economic …
Lire le texteMost Canadians support our ratification of the Kyoto Protocol for a profoundly non-economic reason. They worry about what kind of hellish lives their children and grandchildren will have to lead if the Earth's temperature continues …
Lire le texteEconomic policy-makers have been understandably focused on addressing the immediate economic shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic: developing new income supports for the millions who will need them, stabilizing the credit system and channelling emergency aid …
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