Monthly Archives: June 2021
Movements in income inequality in Canada, 1944-2010
Here are the estimates for the Gini coefficients for Canada, taken from individual tax files (see here for more about where the data came from):
What happened to real incomes in the 1970s?
Here are the estimates for average and median total incomes based on tax file data (see this post for details):
Project Link update: The evolution of the distribution of income in Canada, 1944-2010
Project Link has been updated; the Excel file with the data updated through to June 2021 is available here. I skipped the 2020 update for Project Link for a couple of reasons. There was obviously the distraction of the pandemic, but mainly because I hadn't yet finished the next extension. Every year, I try to […]
Bitcoin as PAYGO Pension Plan. And Land.
Suppose the government starts a Pay As You GO (unfunded) pension plan. What the young pay into the plan today is what the old take out today. The first generation gets lucky; they get a pension paid out, but never put anything in. And if the plan ever gets wound up, the last generation of […]
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative 
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