Deficits

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Letter in Winnipeg Free Press (with footnotes to editor) Re: Ottawa posts deficit in October as fiscal-year shortfall hits $9.3 billion, Jordan Press, 12/... more

Published

By Larry Kazdan

December 28, 2016

debt Deficits

Alan Greenspan

Japan

Comparing Canada's finances to a household is misleading

Letter in Vancouver Sun [Vancouver, B.C] 26 Nov 2016 (with footnotes to editor) Re: Liberals borrowing to keep the lights on, John Ivison | November 16,... more

Published

By Larry Kazdan

November 26, 2016

Bank of Canada central banks Deficits

deficit spending

government borrowing

public debt

"Look after the unemployment, and the Budget will look after itself."

Letter in The Guardian (P.E.I., Canada) with footnotes http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-editor/2016-09-29/article... Re: Feds monitoring weak... more

Published

By Larry Kazdan

September 29, 2016

economy Deficits

Extraordinary Financing Framework

Bank of Canada

Keynes

Debt-to-GDP ratio is irrelevant

Re: The federal government's short-lived fiscal anchor, Feb. 26 Unlike households, businesses or provinces, the federal government is a currency issuer, owns a... more

Comment

By Larry Kazdan

March 2, 2016

Economics Finance Gold standard Deficits

deficit spending

debt-to-GDP ratio

fiscal anchor

gold standard

full employment

currency issuer

real resources

economics