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1. William Watson: Davos and the Great Man (or Woman) Theory of Economic Growth

   Maybe it’s because I’ve never attended, but I’ve always had trouble understanding the purpose of the annual World Economic Forum, the 2016 edition of which is currently underway in Davos, Switzerland. Yes, it must be fun to see and be ...

2. Federal stimulus spending a futile response to Alberta’s economic challenges

   The federal government will launch an economic stimulus program with initial efforts focused on Alberta and Saskatchewan, two provinces hit hard by the recent fall in oil prices. Specifically, the government is considering quickly ...

3. Hasty infrastructure spending in Canada may waste tax dollars

   Canada faces serious economic challenges as 2016 unfolds, and key leadership in dealing with the economic fallout of falling oil prices and slow economic growth must come from Bill Morneau, Canada’s federal minister of finance. The new ...

4. How will the Trudeau government handle challenging economic environment in 2016?

   The Trudeau government has a full agenda on its plate for 2016 given the global political and economic environment, as well as its own list of election promises.   Yet, the fundamental issue that Ottawa must deal with is simple: how ...

5. William Watson: It’s not clear Canadians want to soak the rich to pay for bigger government

   Another week, another interview about my new book, The Inequality Trap: Fighting Capitalism Instead of Poverty, and another couple of hours spent thinking how I could have answered the questions better. It must be nice to be a politician ...

6. Middle-class tax cut right in principle but Liberals taking the wrong approach

   Appeared in the National Post, December 10, 2015 The federal Liberals delivered their much anticipated Throne Speech last week outlining the main priorities for the coming Parliament. The government emphasized its first and “immediate priority” is to ...

7. Deficits in good times lead to trouble in bad times

   Repeated studies have shown that the tax hike on upper-earners likely will not raise the planned amount of revenue. ...