Statistics Canada recently reported that in at least one respect this country is moving in the wrong direction. Income inequality has risen to the highest…

I believe in free markets, at least for most commerce. As do most Albertans. Partly because they believe a free market in oil made them…

Everyone has heard of the Alberta Advantage. They must have, the province never stops promoting it. And what makes the Alberta Advantage? Well, according to…

According to the United Nations, “Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.” In his…

A rather modest tax reform has much of the business community and its attendant economists in a bit of a dither. Corporations and trusts will…

When, in the 1980s, we embarked on our binge of free trade agreements, we were assured by their political and business promoters that they would…

If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it's polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization.…

Now about my tax dollars. Finance Minister Freeland tabled her 2024 budget Tuesday and, by and large, I approve. The signs are about right: the…

Whenever I do those quizzes that purport to reveal where you fit on the political/philosophical spectrum, they insist I’m a social democrat. This rather surprises…

What is a good job? In most people’s minds I assume that would be something that pays well and provides good benefits, steady employment and…

Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The…

The economic collapse of the 1930s brought down democracies across Europe unleashing fascism across the continent. Other countries, including Canada and the United States, introduced…