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Transitory or not, here comes inflation
By Livio Di Matteo | October 5, 2021
Calls for ever higher federal transfers disconnected from economic reality
By Livio Di Matteo | August 30, 2021
Governments and central bankers may have paved way for severe pain in near future
By Livio Di Matteo | August 17, 2021
Ontario government has made COVID economic pain even worse
By Livio Di Matteo | July 13, 2021
Government debt interest costs will crowd out essential spending in Ontario
By Livio Di Matteo | June 22, 2021
Supply constraints drive home prices in Canada
By Livio Di Matteo | June 7, 2021
Canada’s COVID performance on key measures among worst in developed world
By Livio Di Matteo | May 26, 2021
COVID-19 case counts, mortality rates vary widely across developed world
By Livio Di Matteo | May 26, 2021
Global Storm: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Responses around the World
By Livio Di Matteo | May 26, 2021
Reliance on housing investment creates prosperity mirage in Ontario
By Livio Di Matteo | May 3, 2021
Federal Budget 2021—a preview of what you won’t see
By Livio Di Matteo | April 14, 2021
Bloated administrations and poor government policy bleeding Ontario’s universities
By Livio Di Matteo | March 31, 2021
Ford government presiding over massive growth of debt and debt interest costs
By Livio Di Matteo | March 29, 2021
Ford government should address Ontario’s structural problems in upcoming budget
By Livio Di Matteo | March 22, 2021
Achieving the Four-Day Work Week: Essays on Improving Productivity Growth in Canada
By Douglas Cumming, Livio Di Matteo, Jake Fuss, Vincent Geloso, Steven Globerman, Sofia Johan, Laura Jones, Jack Mintz, Robert P. Murphy, Russell S. Sobel, Trevor Tombe, Alex Whalen | March 4, 2021
A brief fiscal history of Alberta—marked by spending spikes
By Livio Di Matteo | February 22, 2021
Canada’s COVID response requires more imagination and innovation
By Livio Di Matteo | February 18, 2021
Governments betting on low interest rates may experience rude awakening
By Livio Di Matteo | January 20, 2021
Despite spending hundreds of billions during COVID, we seem to have little to show for it
By Livio Di Matteo | January 8, 2021
Despite spending hundreds of billions during COVID, we seem to have little to show for it
By Livio Di Matteo | January 8, 2021
Federal finances ‘careening downhill’ fast
By Livio Di Matteo | December 7, 2020
Canada’s fiscal situation near crisis levels
By Livio Di Matteo | November 23, 2020
COVID-related spending increases threaten future economic growth
By Livio Di Matteo | November 5, 2020
Ontario stuck in vicious cycle of deficits and debt accumulation
By Livio Di Matteo | November 3, 2020
Achieving the Four-Day Work Week: Part 1 Essays
By Jack Mintz, Livio Di Matteo | October 22, 2020
Government wages and employee numbers drive municipal spending across Canada
By Livio Di Matteo | October 8, 2020
Spend first, ask questions later—not sustainable fiscal policy
By Livio Di Matteo | October 6, 2020
Local Leviathans: The Rise of Municipal Government Spending in Canada, 1990–2018
By Livio Di Matteo | October 1, 2020
Freeland takes over during massive federal spending spree
By Livio Di Matteo | August 19, 2020
COVID underscores problems with government intervention
By Livio Di Matteo | August 5, 2020
COVID underscores problems with government intervention
By Livio Di Matteo | August 5, 2020
Trudeau government should provide fiscal update—now
By Livio Di Matteo | June 12, 2020
Federal debt may eclipse $1 trillion for first time in Canadian history
By Livio Di Matteo | May 20, 2020
Canada must tailor trade practises for post-COVID world
By Livio Di Matteo | May 12, 2020
Taxpayers likely to feel city hall’s COVID cash crunch
By Livio Di Matteo | April 29, 2020
Pandemics, social upheaval and government spending
By Livio Di Matteo | April 9, 2020
If history is any guide, COVID-19 will transform Canada in heretofore unknown ways
By Livio Di Matteo | March 24, 2020
China sees trade as tool of state policy, diplomatic weapon
By Livio Di Matteo | March 9, 2020
Coronavirus shockwaves felt around the world economy
By Livio Di Matteo | March 3, 2020
Government policies hurting—not helping—on several fronts
By Livio Di Matteo | February 18, 2020
Ottawa has a big spending problem
By Livio Di Matteo | December 19, 2019
Tax gap growing between Canada and the U.S.
By Livio Di Matteo | December 9, 2019
Simply balancing Ontario’s budget won’t stop debt surge
By Livio Di Matteo | November 8, 2019
Ford government should more forcefully target deficit, housing costs
By Livio Di Matteo | November 1, 2019
Canada needs more major trading partners beyond China and the U.S.
By Livio Di Matteo | October 7, 2019
The new normal—continued economic growth, not secular stagnation
By Livio Di Matteo | September 30, 2019
Ontario employment gains—an uneven picture
By Livio Di Matteo | September 19, 2019
Renters remain the big losers in ‘rent control’ cities
By Livio Di Matteo | September 4, 2019
Candidates in Manitoba promise more spending—which is already the problem
By Livio Di Matteo | August 26, 2019
Ottawa’s net debt projected to hit $859 billion by 2023-24
By Livio Di Matteo | August 8, 2019