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What America’s Decline in Economic Freedom Means for Entrepreneurship and Prosperity is comprised of five essays by noted U.S. economists that connect the dots between entrepreneurship, economic freedom, and economic growth, detailing their interrelated roles in the sluggish economic recovery of the United States.

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Entrepreneurship, Demographics, and Capital Gains Tax Reform

Entrepreneurship, Demographics and Capital Gains Tax Reform finds that between 2004 and 2012, the rate of business start-ups in Canada declined by 16.2 per cent while the proportion of the population over the age of 65 increased by 15.0 per cent. The study suggests that reforms to capital gains tax policy could help reverse this trend.

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Clarity and confusion? The new jurisprudence of aboriginal title

Clarity and confusion? The new jurisprudence of aboriginal title finds that recent Supreme Court decisions on aboriginal rights and title have created unpredictable rules for making land use decisions and have therefore impeded the economic prosperity of First Nation communities.

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Metro Vancouver's Transit Plan: Static Thinking in a Dynamic World

Metro Vancouver's Transit Plan: Static Thinking in a Dynamic World looks at the rapid technological advances affecting personal transportation and how Metro Vancouver’s proposal to raise taxes for transit expansion all but ignores these changes.

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How Existing Budgets could Fund Metro Vancouver's Transit Expansion Plan

How Existing Budgets could Fund Metro Vancouver’s Transit Expansion Plan outlines the dramatic spending increases among Metro Vancouver municipalities (73 per cent, collectively) and at TransLink (105 per cent) over the past decade.

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How Compensation Spending Consumes Provincial Government Resources in Ontario

How Compensation Spending Consumes Provincial Government Resources in Ontario calculates that between 2005/06 and 2013/14, compensation spending by the Ontario government—including wages, benefits, and pensions—increased by 47.1 per cent, faster than all other program spending (38.8 per cent) and well beyond the combined rate of inflation and provincial government job growth (26.0 per cent).

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A Tale of Two Energy Booms

A Tale of Two Energy Booms, compares the economies and government finances of energy-rich Alberta and Texas. While Alberta has enjoyed a stronger economy, Texas has done a better job at balancing its books in the post-recession era.