Blog entries tagged with economics
Blog Entries | January 13, 2012
Homo economicus, meet Homo sapiens
posted by David Thompson
...The vast majority of people are, well... people. Their motivations are much more complex. Recent research has refuted the lopsided and naive picture of humanity represented by Homo economicus. Interestingly, a lot of this research is taking place within the field of economics...
Tagged with: economics | fee for service | health care
Blog Entries | March 02, 2011
Low taxes until oil runs out a bad idea
posted by Diana Gibson
No sales tax until the oil runs out is a very short-sighted approach. Does Minister Snelgrove really believe that Albertans will have money to pay higher taxes when the oil is gone?
Tagged with: economics | royalties | taxes
Blog Entries | February 24, 2011
Health care has not been protected
posted by Diana Gibson
In today's budget it is expected again that the Tories will claim to be protecting health care spending but exercising fiscal austerity in other pieces of the budget. What the Tory government missed this year and last is that health care spending is not defined by what is spent on acute care.
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011 | economics | health care
Blog Entries | February 23, 2011
Cutting infrastructure spending the wrong way to go
posted by Diana Gibson
Current Tory critics and leadership hopefuls including the Wildrose party have focused the 2011 budget debate on infrastructure spending - saying it is 'out of control.' Parkland's new research, released today shows clearly that infrastructure spending is not out of control...
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011 | Danielle Smith | economics | infrastructure | Wildrose Alliance
Blog Entries | February 06, 2011
What budgets actually mean
posted by Trevor Harrison
On February 24, Alberta’s beleaguered Tory government will bring down its budget. In anticipation, much of the province’s pro-business/private sector establishment has given the government advice on “holding the line” or perhaps even making cuts to expenditures.
Tagged with: Alberta budget 2011 | Danielle Smith | economics | spending cuts | Wildrose Alliance
Blog Entries | February 01, 2011
Wildrose spending proposals short-sighted
posted by Diana Gibson
According to the Wildrose leader Danielle Smith, the Tory government should limit spending increases to the rate of inflation plus population growth and protract billions of dollars in capital spending to help balance the books (http://bit.ly/gESnpU). This shows a profound lack of understanding of Alberta's economy, spending levels and needs.
Tagged with: Danielle Smith | economics | service cuts | Wildrose Alliance
Blog Entries | November 28, 2010
Memo to Energy Minister Liepert: Royalties are not taxes
posted by Regan Boychuk
Already “under attack for allegedly being rude and dismissive when he was health minister,” current Energy Minister Ron Liepert conceded he hadn’t read the Parkland Institute’s new report on vast oilpatch profits but that didn’t stop him from dismissing it...
Tagged with: economics | energy policy | oil and gas | Ron Liepert | royalties
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