It's The Economy, Stupid

If you like economics – particularly economic theory  – check out this new rap video.  It is a very accurate rap version of the debate between Keynes and the Austrians. It’s fun.

I don’t know if I ever mentioned this before (likely as I have been writing this blog for going on six years now) but after graduating with an MBA I came back to New Brunswick and tried for months to…

A regular reader of this blog asked me to comment on the new Conference Board report assessing Canada’s innovation track record.  The Board gives Canada a D and ranks us 14th out of 17 countries. The Conference Board used 12…

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with the owner of a small but growing computer animation/games development firm located in the province.  We were talking about his industry in New Brunswick and opportunities for growth. We talked about the example…

I’ll be glad with the NB Power generation assets sale is behind us.  It’s getting downright silly out there.  David Coon and Elizabeth Weir are for the deal, Janice Harvey is bitterly against it.  People are planning to boycott Ganong because…

I was reading the latest RBC Economics report on provincial economies earlier today and I came across some interesting narrative. For New Brunswick, RBC reports that a massive government infrastructure program and income tax reform “has offered a substantial offset…