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Canada @lemmy.ca kyr7x @lemmy.ca 1 yr. ago

William Watson: The last thing we need is Ottawa taking on the productivity problem

financialpost.com William Watson: The last thing we need is Ottawa taking on the productivity problem

The best thing Ottawa can do for productivity is to stop wasting valuable resources on performative exercises. Read more.

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Supply side economics is a failure. This article writer would have us keep banging that broken drum forever, it seems.

And referencing Friedrich Hayek? Might as well look to Milton Friedman for answers.
- I'm not sure Keynes has the answer either. But tbh I don't think any economic theories have really got a grasp on the 21st century
  
  But also, I'm just some guy who spend ~20 seconds thinking about this :P
  
  Gotta bring back the Trust busting that Teddy Roosevelt did AND bring back the Keynesian policies his cousin Frank brought in.
  
  The economic problems of the 21st century aren't anything new. Just there's an unwillingness to do anything about them.