The Decline of Canadian (Academic) Economics?
The IRPP released a report today on the decline of economics papers by Canadian academics looking at Canadian issues. Today’s report, authored by the University of Calgary’s Herb Emery, the University of Manitoba’s Wayne Simpson, and the IRPP’s Stephen Tapp draws on earlier work by Simpson and Emery published in the journal Canadian Public Policy. The gist of the […]
Crude costs and Energy East
My latest at Macleans digs into TransCanada’s analysis on crude cost savings for eastern refiners from Energy East. Check it out here.
Marginal and average costs, and the price of bike commuting
One of the things which changed during my year in Ottawa is that I became a year-round bike commuter. I’ve decided to try to keep this up in Edmonton, despite some (potentially important) differences in climate and snow clearing between the two cities. One of the factors in my initial decision to ride to work […]
Canada: Petrostate or not?
Andrew Nikiforuk’s piece in the July/August issue of Foreign Policy claims that Canada has become a rogue petrostate. You can read my reply, and Mr. Nikiforuk’s response to it, here.