Halifax, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) today released a report about the differences in major tax rates in Atlantic Canada and New England – our nearest regional competitor – that have an impact on take-home pay, investment, and job creation.
AIMS author Jackson Doughart was a guest on the Ezra Levant show on March 26, 2016. He discussed his article "How we can save journalism: Rein in the CBC," which appeared in the Financial Post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kYx6z1Xtbw Full episode on TheRebel.Media.
By Bill Curry Last fall’s Liberal Party election platform is an obvious guide as to what the budget will contain. But much has changed since Oct. 19. Economists have repeatedly lowered their forecasts for economic growth and, as a result, the size of next year’s federal deficit is now expected to be three times as [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Associated Press) -- As most Americans brace themselves for losing an hour of sleep this weekend, some corners of the country are considering bold alternatives to daylight saving time. California has a bill that would ask voters to abolish the practice of changing clocks twice a year. Lawmakers in Alaska and nearly a [...]
Atlantic Canada needs more people. With birth rates in decline and young people leaving, the region will continue to experience a shortage of workers. Fortunately, immigrants can help offset this problem. But for our investment in immigration to succeed, more must be done to encourage newcomers to stay in our region. Because immigrants [...]
Smart Growth: Threatening the quality of life Wendell Cox is principal of Wendell Cox Consultancy, an international demographics and transport firm headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis. Mr. Cox also serves as a visiting professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. He was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley to serve [...]
Arthur Woolf received his B.A. degree in history from Cornell University in 1973. He attended graduate school in economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received his Ph.D. in 1980. He began teaching at the University of Vermont in 1980, where he is currently associate professor of economics. In 1987, he was visiting economist at [...]
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize winner in Economic Science, 1986, is currently Advisory General Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice and Harris University Professor at George Mason University. Professor Buchanan received his doctorate from the University of Chicago (1948) and subsequently taught at the University of Tennessee, Florida State University, University of [...]
Paul Hobson is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Queen s University in 1982. He has been on faculty at Acadia since 1981. He has held visiting appointments at Queen s University (1988-1990), University of Western Ontario (1980-1981 and 1984-1986) [...]
Michel Boucher is currently professor of economics at the École nationale d’administration publique in Québec City since 1975. He studied at the Université Laval and the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). He is specialized in public finance, transportation policies and the economics of public institutions and their governance. He has published numerous [...]