There’s increasing evidence of a relationship between entrepreneurship and age. Younger people are less risk-averse than older people, and more prone to question the status quo. These characteristics are fundamental to entrepreneurism. So how can government influence entrepreneurship to mitigate these demographic effects?
Government Spending & Taxes
March 12, 2015
9:57AM
Despite gloomy post-recession pronouncements from some analysts, slow economic growth is not preordained in Canada.
March 11, 2015
8:19AM
In Alberta, to cushion the blow from falling revenues, some claim higher taxes will balance the books. How soon we forget. Alberta tried that in the late 1980s. It didn’t work.
March 5, 2015
1:42PM
According to a Fraser Institute study released in February, between 2004/05 and 2013/14, the Alberta government’s program spending jumped to $43.9 billion from $29 billion.
November 4, 2014
10:24PM
Columnists reveal bias on municipal spending and taxation.
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