5-minute read
Pourquoi y a-t-il moins d’investissements privés au Québec?
What keeps Quebec investment at such a low level?
6-minute read
Est-ce que «le Père Noël est une ordure» pour les économistes?
The Christmas economy.
4-minute read
Hidden costs of capping Albertans’ power bills
The potential impact of various proposed energy policies on consumers and taxpayers in Alberta.
6-minute read
Le salaire minimum à 15 $ : une solution à la recherche d’un problème
How to help low-income workers?
11-minute read
Would a $15 Minimum Wage Accelerate the Rural Exodus?
A strike of fast food restaurant employees in New York in 2012 gave birth to a movement demanding a substantial increase of the minimum wage in the United States, calling for it to rise to $15 an hour. Since then, several cities and states have established timelines for raising the minimum wage to that symbolic threshold. In Quebec, the major labour unions have taken up the charge, along with the symbolic $15 target.
4-minute read
Netflix et les taxes de vente
The specter of a "Netflix tax" still looms.
6-minute read
Taxe sur le carbone 101, ou pourquoi ça ne marchera pas
The impact of the carbon tax on taxpayers.
4-minute read
Legalizing marijuana isn’t apt to bring a windfall for governments
The economic benefits of legalizing marijuana.
6-minute read
Taxer : pourquoi ce réflexe maladif ?
The ineffectiveness of a soda tax.
7-minute read
Entrepreneurship and Economic Freedom: An Analysis of Empirical Studies
Entrepreneurship is one of the main engines of the economy. Entrepreneurs invest, create jobs, and help increase the standard of living of all. This Research Paper looks at the empirical connection between entrepreneurship and economic freedom. If there is a positive correlation between these two variables, then public policies aiming to support business creation must take this fact into account.