Should the recent GDP slump affect the 2013 federal budget?
The short answer is no. So is the long answer. Here’s why.
Stephen Gordon
Stephen Gordon is an economics professor at l’Université Laval in Quebec City. He started the blog Worthwhile Canadian Initiative in 2005 and has been blogging about economics ever since.
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Stephen Gordon reviews the evidence on the minimum wage
A little context on the decline of manufacturing employment in Canada
Stephen Gordon looks at the numbers—and zooms out
The federal deficit will be less than predicted
Possibly much less, writes Stephen Gordon
What to expect from the federal budget
Slower-rising transfers and lower program spending. Basically, more of the same, writes Stephen Gordon
The Employment Insurance Whack-a-Mole game
There’s no way to get it completely right, writes Stephen Gordon
Mark Carney, Liberals haven’t cleared the air
A political party headhunting a sitting central bank governor *is* a big deal
How the BoC revised its growth forecast down—and up
Stephen Gordon puts the January Monetary Policy Report under the lens
Stephen Harper, state venture capitalist
Stephen Gordon: what’s the problem the Venture Capital Action Plan is supposed to fix?
Dealing with inequality, part I: The bottom 99 per cent
Stephen Gordon on why you should love the GST/HST