3-minute read
Le FMI suggère la danse de la pluie
The monetary policies of the IMF.
1-minute read
Merci aux riches !
The tax burden of the rich.
4-minute read
Votre chèque de paye amputé pour une retraite dont vous ne rêvez pas nécessairement
D'Amours report's pension recommendations.
1-minute read
Nous sommes tous Chypriotes!
The financial crisis in Cyprus.
3-minute read
On spending, sometimes the left gets it right
The correlation between the governing party's ideology and the evolution of public spending as a share of GDP.
4-minute read
La leçon chypriote
The financial crisis in Cyprus.
1-minute read
Survey on the Regulation of Book Prices
Léger Marketing opinion poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute.
4-minute read
La pensée magique de Legault
CAQ's Projet St-Laurent.
3-minute read
Un ministre des Finances à gauche ou à droite?
The governing party's ideology and the evolution of public spending as a share of GDP.
1-minute read
Who Spends More: Left or Right?
Public policy debates are often coloured by ideological preconceptions. For example, we expect political parties on "the left" to have a tendency to increase public spending when they are in power, and parties on "the right" to have a tendency to reduce it. This perception clearly stems from official statements that emphasize different goals. But what is the reality?