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Stephen Gordon

Former ContributorEconomistQuebec City, Canada

Stephen Gordon is a contributing writer for The Globe and Mail. He is a professor of economics at Laval University in Quebec City and a fellow of the Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et l'emploi (CIRPÉE). He also maintains the economics blog Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.

Latest articles

If you got an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, you made the right decision, according to economics

Blake Shaffer, Stephen Gordon, Andrew Leach, Christine Neill, Tammy Schirle and Trevor TombeMay 12Updated

Why the Bank of Canada needs a revised mandate

Stephen Gordon and Christopher RaganSeptember 16

Saying no to European bailout: Right call, badly reasoned

Stephen GordonJune 20

Dutch disease? Economic hypochondria

Stephen GordonMay 9

How 'headwinds' changed Carney's tack on rate hikes

Why on earth was Bay St. surprised by rate signals?

Trade is not a zero-sum game

Stephen GordonApril 10

Wash, rinse, repeat: Next year's budget won't change

Access to foreign markets the best path to innovation

The headline you'll never see: Canadian investors fleece foreigners

How all Canadians benefit from Alberta's oil wealth

Fixation with manufacturing is missing the big picture

Canada chips away at the output gap

Memo to Ontario's Dalton McGuinty: Strong dollar is good for Canada

Don't expect budget shock: Austerity is already upon us

High productivity doesn’t guarantee prosperity

Subsidies put the R&D horse before the innovation cart

Made sense at the time: How surpluses became deficits

U.S. recovery will buffer Ottawa's austerity plan

The flaws of a voluntary National Household Survey