Chris Abbott
@c-abbs.bsky.social
Economist at UFCW Canada.
Political economy, canadian & comparative politics, labour in the food system.
Political economy, canadian & comparative politics, labour in the food system.
Good @onesandtooze.bsky.social episode on Canada that flagged key aspects of Canada's political economy: importance of housing market, economic geography, continentalism, federalism. @adamtooze.bsky.social did make one mistake I've also made before regarding the oil and gas sector...
April 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Good @onesandtooze.bsky.social episode on Canada that flagged key aspects of Canada's political economy: importance of housing market, economic geography, continentalism, federalism. @adamtooze.bsky.social did make one mistake I've also made before regarding the oil and gas sector...
Finally. The obsession with internal trade barriers as the root of Canada’s economic woes—esp. productivity stagnation—is misleading.
Now, if everyone could shift their attention to some key research by Loertscher & @paupujolas.bsky.social in the Canadian Journal of Economics...
Now, if everyone could shift their attention to some key research by Loertscher & @paupujolas.bsky.social in the Canadian Journal of Economics...
New from @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social: Canadian politicians are focused on removing "internal trade barriers" to respond to the Trump threat. There's just one problem—there's very little evidence of actual widespread barriers to interprovincial trade. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Interprovincial trade won't save Canada from Trump | CCPA
Since January 20, Canada has been at economic war with its largest trading partner and closest international ally. Though U.S. President Donald Trump has paused his promised 25 per cent tariff on mo...
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February 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finally. The obsession with internal trade barriers as the root of Canada’s economic woes—esp. productivity stagnation—is misleading.
Now, if everyone could shift their attention to some key research by Loertscher & @paupujolas.bsky.social in the Canadian Journal of Economics...
Now, if everyone could shift their attention to some key research by Loertscher & @paupujolas.bsky.social in the Canadian Journal of Economics...
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This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
February 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
Easily the most sensible, if brief, take on Trudeau’s legacy amid a flood of uninformed opinions.
I think in a lot of ways the Trudeau Liberals mirrored the Harper Conservatives in that (contrary to Andrew's claim here) the government entered in 2015 with plenty of substance and got quite a few things done, but this waned dramatically over time, and its final two years was awash in listlessness.
The great pretender: Looking back at Trudeau, we see our initial judgment of him when he first entered politics was correct, @acoyne.bsky.social writes. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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January 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Easily the most sensible, if brief, take on Trudeau’s legacy amid a flood of uninformed opinions.
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New paper out at Socio-Economic Review with Kyle Hanniman, Elizabeth Goodyear Grant, Chris Abbbott and @jsmatthews99.bsky.social, presented long ago at @sasemeeting.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
On mass attitudes and central bank endorsements of fiscal policy in Canada and the USA
A thread:
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
On mass attitudes and central bank endorsements of fiscal policy in Canada and the USA
A thread:
When partisanship and technocratic credibility collide: mass attitudes and central bank endorsements of fiscal policy in Canada and the USA
Abstract. Developments over the past decade have made it increasingly difficult for central banks to achieve their macroeconomic objectives without the hel
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December 17, 2024 at 4:40 PM
New paper out at Socio-Economic Review with Kyle Hanniman, Elizabeth Goodyear Grant, Chris Abbbott and @jsmatthews99.bsky.social, presented long ago at @sasemeeting.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
On mass attitudes and central bank endorsements of fiscal policy in Canada and the USA
A thread:
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
On mass attitudes and central bank endorsements of fiscal policy in Canada and the USA
A thread: