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1. How to Use the Fiscal Surplus

   When the conference How to Spend the Fiscal Dividend: What is the Optimal Size of Government? was planned in the summer of 1997, the Government of Canada was expected to present a balanced budget in the upcoming fiscal year 1998/99 and, if tax rates and ...

2. Government Spending Facts Two

   Undoubtedly one of the most pressing economic issues of the 1990s is concern about the level of government expenditures. The ongoing deficits at the federal level as well as the failure of most provinces to balance their budgets, together with the rising ...

3. Focus on Balancing the Budget

   The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of a balanced budget and to provide some practical suggestions for achieving it. It is not anticipated that this will be the last word on the subject but rather that it will be a target piece to better ...