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1. An International Comparison of Capital Expenditures

   Capital investment contributes to economic growth and higher standards of living through its link to increased labour productivity and technological change. The growth rate of overall capital expenditures in Canada slowed substantially from 2005 ...

2. Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System

   There is a common misperception in Canada that top income earners do not pay their share of taxes and that increasing taxes on this income group is an effective way to generate significant additional government revenue. However, high-income ...

3. Canadian Student Review: Summer 2021

   In this issue: Modern Monetary Theory and the COVID Crisis Student contributor Brennan Sorge explains how Canada’s pandemic response should be a warning against the use of Modern Monetary Theory. Video Gallery This video from the Essential James Buchanan ...

4. The Essential Ronald Coase

   The Essential Ronald Coase includes a new book, accompanying website and animated videos, which spotlight the famed American economist. Published by the Fraser Institute, the book (authored by Lynne Kiesling, research professor at the University of ...

5. Industry-Level Private Sector Capital Expenditures in Canada: 1990-2019

   Recent concerns about Canada’s industrial competitiveness compared to that in other developed countries, particularly the US, have focused on declines in private sector capital expenditures, especially in asset categories such as machinery and ...

6. Off Target: The Economics Literature Does Not Support the 1.5°C Climate Ceiling

   Many advocates of government intervention to curb greenhouse-gas emissions have called for a temperature ceiling on global warming. The consensus was originally 2 degrees Celsius, but advocates of more aggressive action succeeded in shifting the goal to 1 ...

7. Are Our Labour Laws Still Relevant for Teleworking?

   Many of our labour laws and regulations were established in an earlier era when the economy was vastly different than it is today. Just as technological change has made many of our production procedures and skills obsolete, it is not surprising that many ...

8. What Happens If Alberta Returns to the Flat Tax System?

   An overall tax advantage had long been an essential attraction of Alberta for individuals and businesses. However, this tax advantage was substantially eroded when the newly elected NDP government replaced the single-rate personal income tax (PIT)—also ...

9. The Essential UCLA School of Economics

   The Essential UCLA School of Economics includes a new book, accompanying website and animated videos. Published by the Fraser Institute, the book (authored by David R. Henderson, professor emeritus of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in ...

10. Generation and Management of Municipal Solid Waste: How’s Canada Doing?

    Solid waste affects people’s health and the environment surrounding them. Poorly managed solid waste accumulates in local bodies of water, oceans, and forests, degrading our ecosystems and negatively impacting human health. Therefore, appropriate ...