Public Investment – The Progressive Economics Forum

Economic Response to Pandemic: Go Big, Go Fast

March 13, 2020 Jim Stanford 10 comments

The health emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic is of course the primary concern of Canadians, and the first priority for government to address. But it is increasingly clear that the economic fallout from the pandemic is also going to constitute an emergency. And it requires government to respond as urgently and powerfully in the economic sphere, as they are […]

Boosting the economy for the rest of us

January 25, 2016 Michal Rozworski 2 comments

Elites and the talking heads in the media are arguing about how to respond to Canadaâ€™s soured economic outlook. Who should try to boost the economy, the federal government via fiscal stimulus or the Bank of Canada via monetary policy? But while elites argue amongst themselves, the overriding context is a transfer and concentration of economic power upwards. This, not […]