This post was written by Simon van Norden of HEC-Montréal. The CRTC announced this week that they wanted Canadians’ opinions on our cell phone service providers. They’ll be holding public hearings starting in January with an eye towards developing a code of conduct for the Canadian retail wireless services industry (i.e. cell phones and mobile internet.) […]

This evening I gave a short talk for the Carleton Economics Student Societies on the Economics of Sex – here are the notes: Download The Economics of Sex There are penguins. 

This is an issue I have been struggling with for a couple months.  I have talked to dozens of my colleagues (one of whom called my position "courageous" – I've watched enough Yes Minister to know that the remark was not a complement). It all started innocently enough, with a letter supporting Erin Weir.

This post is mostly for my students.

And the Law of Reflux is always and everywhere wrong. Unless the central bank decides to make it true. (The Law of Reflux says an excess supply of money will always revert to the issuing banks). This post is too long. It was a bit off the top of my head, and I'm too busy […]

The basic content of intermediate micro – choice theory, theory of the firm, market equilibrium – has not changed for decades. The latest Intermediate micro textbooks cover substantially the same material – indifference curves, budget constraints, cost curves- as do 20 year old texts. Sure, there are some differences across editions. Take, for example Eaton, […]

While wandering the world in recent weeks, I've spotted some sure signs of population aging…

I’m a professor of economics at Lakehead University. My areas of research are economic history, health economics and public policy.  More detailed information on my activities, publications as well as a short  c.v. can be found on my page at the Lakehead Economics Department website I’m a professor of economics at Lakehead University. My areas […]

I’m a professor of economics at Carleton University. My main areas of research are families, gender, labour and public policy.  More information on my publications and a c.v. can be found on my website.

I’m a lecturer in the Business, Economics and Public Policy (BEPP) group at the Richard Ivey School of Business and the co-owner and co-founder of Nexreg Compliance Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in environmental and health safety law.  From 2002 to 2010 I was the Economics Guide at About.com.