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1. Warning: the Chinese economy may soon run out of steam

   Appeared in The Hill, December 5, 2018 At the recent G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping made minor progress in easing trade tensions between the two countries, including postponing a scheduled tariff hike on Chinese ...

2. Does the size of government affect economic performance? Absolutely

   Appeared in National Newswatch, August 11, 2016 Government is perhaps the single most pervasive institution of modern life and its programs are important to our quality of life. Over the last 100 years, government spending around the world has grown both ...

3. The long decline of Ontario and Quebec

   When one thinks of ranking recent economic performance of Canadian regions, the malaise in Central Canada’s manufacturing and the Western resource boom and collapse spring to mind.  Yet, when a longer-term view encompassing the last ...

4. With the resource boom over, Canada must return to proven pro-growth economic policies

   Appeared in National Newswatch, April 14, 2016 Canadians seem to have been lulled into a sense of complacency about Canada’s economic competitiveness and our overall performance compared to other industrialized countries. A likely cause is that Canada, as ...

5. Comparing Recent Economic Performance in Canada and the United States: A Provincial and State-Level Analysis

   Conventional wisdom holds that Canada weathered the global financial crisis and recession better than most industrialized countries, particularly the United States. It is certainly true that overall, Canada has performed better economically than the ...