Economic analysis
Charts: A Conservative plan to reduce the size of government
Direct program spending is on the decline
2014 budget preview: Econowatch predictions
Is this really a ’do nothing’ budget?
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.
Business
Why was the Bank of Canada so wrong for so long?
When you make the same mistake for four years in a row, hard questions have to be asked
Business
Why the Bank of Canada wants you to take a (real) pay cut
The Bank believes real wages are too high to sustain a significant recovery
Business
An aging population requires a rethink of how we view the job market
The working age population is growing, and growing older
Business
Your job is as safe as it has ever been. Probably safer.
There is a certain sentiment—possibly driven by nostalgia—that jobs used to be more stable
Business
Jim Flaherty has to stop talking about monetary policy
The more he says, the more he undermines the Bank of Canada governor
Business
A tale of two tax cuts
Stephen Gordon explains why it’s pointless to talk about raising corporate income taxes
Business
What really accounts for our sluggish growth
How commodity prices and terms of trade explain the last two years of being stuck in limbo
Business
What was actually updated in the fiscal update?
Not any real explanation of how the government plans to make the deficit disappear