economic performance

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Russia and its former satellites lag behind rest of Europe on per-capita GDP

The Czech Republic has the highest per-capita GDP among former eastern bloc countries.


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Year-end facts about the federal government’s performance in 2021

According to forecasts, Canada will be the worst-performing advanced economy from 2020 to 2030.


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Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom

Canada dropped to 14th in the new Economic Freedom of the World report, down slightly from 13th the previous year.


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Next prime minister should eschew interventionist industrial policy

In the second quarter of 2021, real GDP per capita fell to 2.9 per cent below fourth quarter 2019 levels.


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Federal government’s 'industrial policy' creates all the wrong incentives

Economic decision-making should be dispersed among individuals, not centralized.


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Scoring the economic performance of Canada’s last five prime ministers

The 2016-2019 period had the weakest economic performance of the five periods analyzed.


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Comparing pre-recession economic performance—Chrétien vs. Trudeau

Per-person GDP growth was 4.8 times greater during the Chrétien period than the Trudeau period.