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Will All Those Billions Stimulate Growth?
What if governments’ recovery plans—both US President Joe Biden’s and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s—don’t stimulate the economy such that it grows in the medium and long term?
MEI – The federal debt is unsustainable – Maria Lily Shaw
April 24, 2021 | 6 min. 09 sec. | The Roy Green Show (Global Radio) Interview with Maria Lily Shaw, Economist at […]
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Liberal budget takes on a reckless amount of new debt
The excessively low interest rates that currently prevail mean that the amount needed to service the debt may soon increase substantially.
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Le cercle vicieux de l’endettement
Il est possible pour le gouvernement de sortir de ce cercle vicieux, mais cela nécessitera de la discipline et des cibles très claires.
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Debt Service Charges: Not the Main Type of Service We Should Be Funding
On Monday April 19, the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented its first budget in over two years. In this publication, Montreal Economic Institute researchers shine a spotlight on the rapid growth of debt service charges.
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Why a Global Minimum Tax Rate Is Not About Fairness
Those looking for a sign that the winds have indeed changed in the United States could do worse than that country’s proposal for a global minimum corporate tax rate of 21%.
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Let’s not hobble entrepreneurs just when we need them most
As we come out of this major health crisis in the coming months, let’s give all our entrepreneurs as much freedom as possible to get their businesses revving again, and get people back to work to fulfil our needs on the market.
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Buckle Up for a Complicated Tax Season
The 2020 tax year will undoubtedly be one of the most complicated in history, with tax preparers “bracing for a tsunami of complex returns and taxpayer anxiety.”
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The NDP’s flawed case for wealth taxes
When it comes to wealth taxes, the sensible course of action is to ignore the NDP, whose case for the tax is full of holes.
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GAFA Tax: The Predictable Consequences of an Ineffective Law
Recently, Google announced a 2% increase in its advertising rates in France, following the introduction of a “GAFA tax” targeting several multinational digital corporations.