Economy
- Is U.S. housing in a real recovery? Maybe not June 14, 2013
MLI's Linda Nazareth shines a light on what is really going on beneath the headlines of a US housing recovery in today's "Economy in the lab" for the Globe & Mail. Is U.S. housing in a real recovery? Maybe not LINDA NAZARETH, Special to The G...
- MLI in the Ottawa Citizen: "The problem with ‘tax the rich’ " June 7, 2013
In today's Ottawa Citizen, MLI's Brian Lee makes the case that in a world of finite resources, simply taxing the rich may cause more harm than good for the economy. The problem with ‘tax the rich’ BY BRIAN LEE CROWLEY, OTTAWA CITIZEN JUNE 7, ...
- MLI work cited in Hillwatch paper "Willful Blindness in Federal Budget-Making" June 4, 2013
Tuesday June 4, 2013 - Ottawa government relations firm Hillwatch today released their paper "Willful Blindness in the Federal Budget-Making Process" which identifies several key blindspots that exist in the creation of Federal budgets that lead to the...
- MLI in La Presse: Les ressources naturelles ont mauvaise mine June 4, 2013
MLI's recent paper "Busting the myths surrounding development of Canada's natural resources" by Philip Cross is featured extensively in this analysis piece by La Presse. The paper continues to receive attention from media and policy makers for dispel...
- MLI in the Globe and Mail: Should the rich pay more? Not necessarily May 30, 2013
Hot on the heels of ongoing debate about taxing the rich, MLI's Philip Cross argues that taxing the rich more may not be the panacea to government revenue woes it is made out to be. Is income inequality growing? Is it true the rich are not paying t...
- Great Canadian Debate Commentary: "Wealth in Canada has too much power" May 30, 2013
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our latest Great Canadian Debate, "Resolved: Wealth in Canada has too much power". Below, are the two commentary positions by our debaters, Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy ...
- MLI in the Globe & Mail: Government tax chasers should worry about profits first May 30, 2013
In today's G&M, MLI's Brian Lee Crowley argues that the idea of simply increasing corporate taxes to increase government revenue, reduce deficits so public spending can flourish is not as straightforward as many believe, and may in fact have the op...
- Former BoC Governor Mark Carney proudly displays framed MLI infographic May 27, 2013
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, who will be leaving at the end of the month to become the Governor of the Bank of England, is a big fan of MLI's award-winning book, The Canadian Century. As a going away gift we presented him with a framed copy o...

