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What would economist John Maynard Keynes think of Canada’s high inflation?
While modern-day Canada and turn-of-the-century Austria-Hungary have little in common, the inflation we’ve lived through stems from the same place: governments printing money to finance spending.
IEDM – Inflation: comment lutter contre la pauvreté? – Renaud Brossard
June 22, 2023 | 6 min. 47 sec. | Alexandre Dubé (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]
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Why Economic Growth Is Good for the Poor
Economic growth increases the incomes of the least well-off at the same rate as average incomes, concludes this study published by the MEI. “The idea that economic growth occurs at the expense of the less fortunate does not hold water,” explains Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.
IEDM – Les produits les plus abordables à la SAQ sont les plus taxés! – Gabriel Giguère
June 19, 2023 | 10 min. 34 sec. | Bouchard en parle (FM93) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – Moins le vin est cher, plus il est taxé – Gabriel Giguère
June 19, 2023 | 6 min. 02 sec. | Midi actualité (107,7 FM) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – Moins le vin est cher, plus il est taxé – Renaud Brossard
June 19, 2023 | 14 min. 03 sec. | Marceau le midi (BLVD 102.1) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, […]
IEDM – Les importations privées les moins chères sont les plus taxées à la SAQ – Gabriel Giguère
June 19, 2023 | 18 min. 28 sec. | L’effet Normandeau (98,5 FM) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
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SAQ pricing: The cheaper the wine, the more it’s taxed
Montreal, June 19, 2023 – Documents from the Société des alcools du Québec obtained by the Montreal Economic Institute through a request for access to information show that the least expensive private importations sold in stores are also the most heavily taxed.
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Price Inflation: Ottawa Must Do Its Part
Helping, or at least, not harming. Ottawa should take inspiration from this principle of medicine with regard to the Bank of Canada’s fight against inflation.
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The “Forgotten” Keynes on Government Spending, Inflation, and Price Controls
Famed British economist John Maynard Keynes would have disagreed with the Bank of Canada’s policy of purchasing government bonds with newly-minted cash, according to this joint study published by the Montreal Economic Institute and the Morocco-based Arab Center for Research.