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Pourquoi le libéralisme économique demeure important
Pour bon nombre des problèmes qui touchent notre société, qu’il s’agisse du ralentissement de la productivité ou de la sous-performance persistante de nos systèmes de soins de santé, le problème vient, au moins en partie, d’un manque de liberté économique.
IEDM – Quelle place pour la philosophie libérale classique au Québec? – Michel Kelly-Gagnon
March 14, 2024 | 11 min. 01 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Founding President of the […]
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How taxes and regulations keep people in poverty
While the rest of the country should certainly take note of how Alberta was able to increase income mobility in the 1990s, so should Albertans today.
IEDM – «Le manque de culture de gestion» du gouvernement Trudeau bat des records – Gabriel Giguère
February 14, 2024 | 10 min. 24 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – La remise en question des inégalités sociales – Vincent Geloso
January 29, 2024 | 10 min. 39 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at the […]
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L’après-Piketty
Il n’est plus possible de parler d’une force inexorable qui pousse les inégalités vers le haut. Pas plus que de défendre l’importance de l’imposition sur les fortunés pour égaliser et de blâmer la faillite de l’État-providence.
IEDM – La feinte psychologique, un outil de gouvernance – Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy
October 6, 2023 | 12 min. 23 sec. | Le café show (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, Senior Economist […]
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We need to know when government is trying to alter our behaviour
We have controls over taxes, subsidies and rules but nothing requiring governments to be transparent about mind games.
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The siren song of price controls
To fight inflation, the central bank needs to adopt a sound monetary policy, and economic growth needs to be encouraged.
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Nudge: A New Way of Governing That Needs Oversight
There should be oversight of the government’s use of “nudges,” according to this study released by the MEI. “At the moment, Canada has no structure in place for the oversight of the use of behavioural science by governments to direct the choices of citizens,” explains Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.