Speakers
Bill Scarth
Professor Emeritus Economics Department McMaster UniversityStart
January 23, 2025 - 1:30 pm
End
January 23, 2025 - 3:30 pm
Address
Virtual via Zoom Webinar View mapMany commentators on Canada’s economic prospects have described the significant slowdown in our productivity growth as a crisis that requires immediate and serious attention, – indeed the senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada has called this problem an emergency.
This lecture explores several questions:
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Why is slow productivity growth so important?
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Compared to all other western countries currently, and to Canada’s performance in the past, why are we doing so badly now?
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What policies should we embrace to address this problem?