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Canadian Economic Forecasts 2010. Make yours now!
Continuing the ancient (well, one year old) tradition of this blog, I am inviting all readers to make their Canadian economic forecasts for 2010.
Stephen Leacock on the benefits of economic stimulus
It has come to the attention of the federal Liberals that ridings who are represented by Conservatives are receiving a disproportionate share of the monies spent under the aegis of the fiscal stimulus: Ontario was allocated about $1.1 billion in Infrastructure Stimulus Fund money, translating to about $90 for each Ontarian (according to the 2006 […]
How to kill an afternoon
Do a google street map walking tour of Old Québec. You could do worse than start at the building where my wife works: View Larger Map It's been said before, and I'll say it again: Quebec City is spectacular.
Possibly the most extravagant compliment that I’ve ever been paid
The National Post's Full Comment section occasionally links to us. (No, we don't get paid for this; they follow the usual blog convention of copying a couple of paragraphs and sending readers here for the full article. Everyone is free to do so.) My post Economic policy advice for the NDP, Part III: The GST […]
On the upper bound of utility functions
It has been estimated that Queen Elizabeth the Second has made a pertinent comment on the weather on 245,015 separate occasion to perfect strangers, all of whom remembered the exact comment all their lives … if a random and arguably inaccurate estimate if the impending climate by one overpaid human being in a flower hat […]
Panic as fiscal stimulus
I guess this is what happens when people start building survival shelters and stocking up on canned goods: Retail sales edge higher in February: Canadian retail sales rose unexpectedly in February, led by home supplies, and food and beverage stores.
US road trip!
This will be my last post for a couple of weeks. I'm off on a US road trip! My last big US road trip was Summer 1976. Berkeley to New York, by a very circuitous route. This one will be shorter, down the Atlantic coast, across to the Gulf of Mexico and back up along […]
A valuable tip for new econobloggers
Brendon of Shock Minus Control provides my favourite comment on WCI: I may have to write a post about gold to get my traffic up. Its like a loss leader – come for the hysterical discussion of long refuted exchange rate regimes, stay for the delicious forecast models.
Markets in everything: Eternal salvation edition
Heaven updates its price list.
We will not be undersold! Budget advice available here at the low, low cost of 99 cents a year!
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has announced the formation of a committee of outside experts, who will be paid $1/year (plus expenses) for their views. We here at WCI are prepared to use whatever means necessary to defend our market share: if our competitors want a price war, then that's what they'll get.
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative 
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