Monthly Archives: May 2012
Ulysses of the concrete steppes
Ulysses had to take concrete steps to influence his own future actions. He had himself tied to the mast. Unlike Ulysses, most of us don't have to take concrete steps to influence our own future actions. Instead we make promises.
Ontario and its Physicians: Richer Than They Think No Longer
Ontario’s health minister Deb Matthews is moving into a major battle with the physicians in the process of trying to get health care costs under control as part of the provincial deficit fighting agenda. Deb Matthews has on a number of occasions remarked that Ontario’s physicians are the best paid in the country.
A preliminary estimate for Canadian 2012Q1 GDP growth
The February GDP number came out yesterday, so it's time for my quarterly exercise in trying to come up with a preliminary estimate for quarterly GDP growth a month before Statistics Canada makes its first announcement. As regular readers will no doubt be weary of being reminded, the estimate is based on the GDP numbers […]
The Big Secret: Banks are banks
I have a confession to make. During the financial crisis I secretly bailed out the Bank of Montreal. I was part of a vast conspiracy of millions of other Canadians doing the same thing. It's worse. My personal bailout program for the Bank of Montreal started long before the financial crisis. It started when I […]
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