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‘Six months’ notice’ and The Art of the Squeeze
By William Watson | October 5, 2018
Notwithstanding Kavanaugh, review of judicial nominees is good
By William Watson | September 28, 2018
There are 9% fewer atheists in foxholes
By William Watson | September 21, 2018
Will tapping finally kill cash?
By William Watson | September 14, 2018
The Formosa Triangle—where did $20 billion of Chinese imports to Canada come from?
By William Watson | September 7, 2018
Ottawa’s going to fight poverty—good! (though they could fight better)
By William Watson | August 27, 2018
Sixty-something Canadian men—married to their work, literally!
By William Watson | August 20, 2018
The Saudi-Canada rights/engagement trade-off
By William Watson | August 10, 2018
Economists almost unanimous—rising trade barriers not good
By William Watson | July 27, 2018
Equalization isn’t meant to help with economic downturns
By William Watson | July 20, 2018
Changing equalization won’t be easy—partly for good reason
By William Watson | July 13, 2018
Former chief of staff’s new book is bravely contrarian
By William Watson | July 6, 2018
The United States calls the kettle black
By William Watson | June 29, 2018
Has Canada’s last marijuana arrest already taken place?
By William Watson | June 21, 2018
Cut the growth of growth commissions
By William Watson | June 15, 2018
Economics—the melancholy science
By William Watson | June 8, 2018
The end of Trump-whispering
By William Watson | June 1, 2018
Congress resists crony diplomacy—good!
By William Watson | May 25, 2018
Do sports leagues really own their scores? Say it ain’t so, commissioners!
By William Watson | May 18, 2018
My ‘Aha! Moment’ on minimum wages… and more
By William Watson | May 11, 2018
If Shakespeare were writing today—‘let's kill all the (tax) lawyers’
By William Watson | April 27, 2018
An economy is for producing well-being, not GDP or tax revenue
By William Watson | April 20, 2018
TPP redux—The Art of the Bad Deal
By William Watson | April 13, 2018
Each episode of financial disaster is a little different than the others
By William Watson | March 23, 2018
Canada’s shadow economy—a shadow of its former self
By William Watson | March 16, 2018
The gender question in economics
By William Watson | March 9, 2018
35-stop shopping—coming soon to a government near you
By William Watson | March 2, 2018
Let’s not subsidize journalism
By William Watson | February 16, 2018
In Alberta’s wine war with B.C., I’m siding with Australia
By William Watson | February 9, 2018
The professor pay gap
By William Watson | February 2, 2018
Ban golf and the economy would get along just fine
By William Watson | January 26, 2018
Not fake, but misleading news on minimum wages
By William Watson | January 19, 2018
Is Canada’s latest NAFTA strategy too ‘insidious and crafty?’
By William Watson | January 12, 2018
Outlaw the taxes, not the tax escalators
By William Watson | January 5, 2018
How can people so smart understand economics so little?
By William Watson | December 15, 2017
The natural rate of unemployment—are we there yet?
By William Watson | December 12, 2017
Half the world’s cargo ships sail empty—could there be an app for that?
By William Watson | December 4, 2017
How StatsCan wants you to pay taxes till you drop
By William Watson | November 24, 2017
The Watson family inequality crisis
By William Watson | November 17, 2017
Is Boeing really committed to Canada as much it claims? I hope not
By William Watson | November 10, 2017
Requiem for the C-series—Airbus now owns 50.01 per cent of Bombardier’s airliner dream
By William Watson | November 3, 2017
Forget what you learned in the Maple Spring—higher tuition would be fairer tuition
By William Watson | October 27, 2017
All our trade doors look unattractive now
By William Watson | October 20, 2017
On balance, a Netflix tax would be better than this
By William Watson | October 13, 2017
Enough with the gazelles already—Canadian business needs lions
By William Watson | October 6, 2017
Freedom takes a hit—we’re now tied with the Americans
By William Watson | September 29, 2017
Let’s leave fruits and vegetables to individual choice
By William Watson | September 22, 2017
Boeing dispute shows the advantage of reviewable trade rules
By William Watson | September 18, 2017
Psst! Want a great education deal? Try veterinary medicine
By William Watson | September 8, 2017
The market already rewards risk-taking—taxes don’t have to
By William Watson | August 25, 2017