Macroeconomics

  • A New ‘Marshall Plan’ to Rebuild After the Pandemic
  • Appearing Before the Senate Committee On Banking, Commerce and the Economy
  • At Last, Wages are Growing Faster Than Prices… and That’s Good
  • Austerity Can Make Debt Problems Worse
  • Best Way to Protect the Economy is to Protect Human Health
  • Building a Sovereign, Value-Added, and Sustainable Economy
  • Business Profits from Inflation, but Workers Will Pay to Bring it Down
  • Canadian Corporate Profits Remain Elevated Despite Economic Slowdown
  • Canadian Domestic Economy Fell Into Recession in the Autumn
  • Commentary on 2024 Federal Budget
  • Comparing Deficits in Canada and the U.S.
  • Corporate Power and Post-Pandemic Inflation: A Deeper Dive
  • Cryptocurrencies: The Most Useless Speculative Bubble Ever
  • Don’t Make Monetary Policy on Twitter
  • Don’t Make Workers Pay for Inflation they Didn’t Cause
  • Economic Outlook for 2023: Soft Landing or Hard Impact?
  • Explainer Video on Corporate Power and Profit-Led Inflation
  • Fifteen Super-Profitable Industries are Driving Canadian Inflation
  • Getting Ready for GFC 2.0
  • Higher Interest Rates Starting to Bite in Canada’s Labour Market
  • House of Cards: Interest Rates, Household Debt, and the Housing Crisis
  • Inflation Accelerates in July Despite Higher Unemployment
  • Inflation: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
  • Interview with Evan Solomon about Fiscal Policy, Income Supports, and Other Responses to the Pandemic
  • Is the Economy “Hot”? Or is it Cold, and Getting Colder?
  • Latest Interest Rate Hike Increases Risk of Recession
  • Lessons from (Another) Crude Oil Price Collapse
  • New Data on Link Between Profits and Inflation
  • New Report Shows Speculative Oil Markets Drove Inflation Crisis — And It’s Poised to Happen Again
  • New Video: Profits, not Wages, are the Driving Force Behind Inflation
  • Orthodox Cure for Inflation Will Be Worse than the Disease
  • Pearson Centre Webinar on Economics After COVID, Featuring Director Jim Stanford
  • Per Capita GDP is a Deeply Flawed Measure of Economic Performance and Living Standards
  • Podcast on the Economics of Capitalism in a Crisis
  • Podcast: Inflation, Recession, and Fairness
  • Podcast: Rising Inflation Creates Tension in Collective Bargaining
  • Policy Response to Pandemic: Go Big, Go Fast
  • Quantitative Easing: What It Is and What It Could Mean
  • Reconstruction After COVID-19 Will Require Sustained Government Leadership
  • Recovery from Pandemic Will Need an Ambitious Rebuilding Plan
  • Regulating Prices Not Such a Crazy Idea
  • Risks and Uncertainties Facing Canada’s Economy in 2024
  • Saying the Quiet Bits Out Loud: Bank of Canada Aims to Raise Unemployment
  • Slowing Economy Should Give Bank of Canada Pause … But It Won’t
  • Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
  • Submission to B.C. Labour Relations Code Review
  • Taking Away the Punchbowl
  • Testimony to House of Commons Finance Committee Pre-Budget Hearings
  • The Broken Promises of Corporate Tax Cuts
  • The Economy After COVID: What Comes Next?
  • The Failures of ‘Trickle-Down’ Economics in Alberta
  • The False Doctrine of the ‘Labour Shortage’
  • The Gap between Stock Markets and Society has Never Been Greater
  • The Grocery CEOs Visit Parliament
  • Wage Growth Picking Up, but Shows Important Differences Across Categories
  • Wages Gain Steam, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Inflation
  • We Need More Goods, not Less Money
  • Webinar on Inflation, Recession … or Both!
  • When Will We Learn? Speculation is no Way to Build a Real Economy
  • Who Wins, Who Loses in the Fight Against Inflation
  • Who’s Subsidizing Whom?
  • Yes, Public Sector Jobs Count, Too
  • ‘Official’ Unemployment Just the Tip of the Iceberg
  • ‘Vibecession’: Reconciling Positive Statistics with Negative Sentiment
  • “We Need All Hands on Deck in this Labour Market”