
Alex Whalen
– Policy Analyst
Alex Whalen is a Policy Analyst with the Fraser Institute and coordinator for many of the activities for the recently launched Atlantic Canada division. Prior to joining the Institute, Alex was the Vice-President of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), which merged with the Fraser Institute in November 2019. He is a graduate of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, where he focused on business and tax law, and of the UPEI Business School, where he focused on economics and entrepreneurship. He brings prior experience as an entrepreneur, business manager, and freelance writer to his work at the Institute. His writing has appeared in the National Post, Chronicle-Herald, Telegraph-Journal, Prince Arthur Herald, Charlottetown Guardian, Journal Pioneer, and UPEI School of Business Magazine. A native of Summerside, PEI, he writes regularly on public finance, taxation, municipal affairs, and economics.
Recent Research by Alex Whalen
Executive Summary
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Chapter 1: Getting to a Four-Day Work Week Through Faster Productivity Growth
Chapter 2: Towards a More Productive and United Canada
Chapter 3: Barriers to Entry and Productivity Growth
Chapter 4: The Drag on Productivity from Excessive Regulation
Chapter 5: The Importance of Labour Market Mobility to Productivity Growth
Chapter 6: Promoting Productivity Growth by Encouraging Innovation
Chapter 7: Enhancing Productivity Growth by Encouraging Entrepreneurship
Chapter 8: Entrepreneurial Finance and Productivity in Different Institutional Contexts
Chapter 9: Increasing Productivity Through Tax Reform
Chapter 10: Putting Government on a Financial Diet
Chapter 11: Government Size and Economic Growth
View the Infographic: A Fiscal Anchor Will Promote Faster Growth
View the Infographic: Potential Gains From Eliminating Interprovincial Trade Barriers
View the Infographic: Barriers to Trade Harm Growth
View the Infographic: Excessive Regulation Hampers Productivity
View the Infographic: Increasing Productivity Through Tax Reform
View the Infographic: Entrepreneurship
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