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Mining in the NWT: Who Gets What?

In a recent blog post at Northern Public Affairs, Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox looks at the issue of ‘who gets what?’ when a mine is developed in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Here is an excerpt from the post: – The resource extractor: they pay royalties (the NWT has the lowest royalties in the world), and costs of [...]

Posted by Nick Falvo under Africa, Alberta, Canada's North, corporate income tax, GDP, Indigenous people, Nordics, Northwest Territories, regulation, resources, taxation.
May 6th, 2012
Comments: 3

Meilinomics II: Income from Within

The following is another excerpt from Dr. Ryan Meili’s new book, A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy, which fellow blogger Greg Fingas has been discussing. The road to Tevele is red sand and sloppy in the rainy season. The pick- up truck bounces in and out of ruts as [...]

Posted by Erin Weir under Africa, development, health care, inequality, poverty, Saskatchewan.
May 3rd, 2012
Comments: none

John Loxley’s JKG Prize Lecture

At the end of May in Quebec City at the annual Canadian Economics Association conference, the PEF awarded the second John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics to John Loxley. Below is the full text of John’s Galbraith Lecture (pdf version with proper footnotes and formatting here). Congrats again to John for a lifetime of amazing [...]

Posted by Marc Lee under Africa, development, economic models, economic thought, financial markets, macroeconomics.
July 5th, 2010
Comments: 1

Copenhagen countdown: upset about offsets

The biggest international meeting on climate change, perhaps since Kyoto itself, is coming up in early December in Copenhagen. But the closer we get to Copenhagen, the farther away an agreement seems to be. Sadly, there has been precious little coverage of the ongoing negotiations in the mainstream media, further demonstrating the increasing irrelevance of [...]

Posted by Marc Lee under Africa, carbon pricing, climate change.
November 12th, 2009
Comments: 3

Whither African Manufacturing?

This blog has often criticized columns by Neil Reynolds. But he had quite an interesting one in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. In a nutshell, the column argues that used clothing donated from western countries has limited the emergence of garment manufacturing in Africa, thereby stunting that continent’s industrial development. Reynolds emphasizes this research as an [...]

Posted by Erin Weir under Africa, international trade, manufacturing, media, Neil Reynolds.
December 25th, 2008
Comments: 3

Problems of Africa

I have just ordered what sounds like an excellent new book from an old friend and former colleague, Gerry Caplan. Review from AfricaFiles follows: AfricaFiles Title: The betrayal of Africa Author: Gerald Caplan Category: Africa General Date: 4/5/2008 Source: Groundwood Books Source Website: http://www.groundwoodbooks.com Summary & Comment: “There is a widespread assumption among rich countries [...]

Posted by Andrew Jackson under Africa.
April 9th, 2008
Comments: none