Ep. 28 - Decoding the Mueller Report with Sean Speer and Ken White
In this special episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer is joined by Ken White to discuss the Mueller...
Determining competitiveness in an increasingly intangible innovation economy: Speer and Asselin in the Globe and Mail
The rise of the intangible economy requires us to re-evaluate, refine and reorient how we think about economic policy and aim to position...
Understanding the 2019 Budget: Sean Speer on BNN Bloomberg
Following the unveiling of the Federal Government’s 2019 Budget, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer provided extensive commentary on BNN Bloomberg. This budget...
Weaponizing deficit spending as a political tool: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The 2019 budget reveals the government’s attempt to make a budgetary deficit a central part of its political argument, writes Sean Speer. By...
Structural deficits expose Canada’s economy to risk: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The Trudeau government’s deficit is increasingly driven by deliberate choices to spend more than it collects in revenues, writes Sean Speer. By Sean...
Is Ottawa's Pharmacare Announcement Based on Ideology or Evidence? Sean Speer for Inside Policy
When it comes to pharmacare, policy-makers should focus on a targeted solution for the small yet real share of the population that presently...
Ep. 24 - Returning to Long-Term Thinking and Sustained Economic Growth with Sean Speer and Tyler Cowen
In this episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer is joined by Tyler Cowen to discuss his latest book,...
Deficit debate clouding the big picture on government spending: MLI commentary by Sean Speer
OTTAWA, ON (February 14, 2019): A recent series of speeches, articles, and debates is provoking big questions about deficits and debt. Do they...
CPP debate provides lessons for pharmacare: Sean Speer in the Hill Times
The CPP experience shows that we must also put forward constructive alternatives that respond to the needs of those poorly-served by the status...
Rethinking how to deal with populism and its discontent: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
A proportionate political and policy response to populism will require that we draw from both sides of our ideological spectrum, writes Sean Speer....
