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Todd Hirsch

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Todd Hirsch is a Calgary-based economist, author and public speaker, He is also the director of the Energy Transition Centre and the former chief economist of ATB Financial..

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This country’s real economic problem is that we hardly seem like one country

So, what expenditures should Canada cut to meet its NATO obligations?

We no longer believe inflation will come down any more, and that’s dangerous

February 20, 2024

Does Canada dare to Davos (without the hot air)?

January 18, 2024

Canadians aren’t actually that interested in the economy, and that’s a problem

December 26, 2023

Canada must protect its economy and trade from a Donald Trump 2.0 presidency

Todd Hirsch and Carlo Dade

November 15, 2023

Sinister stagflation is coming – Bank of Canada will be ineffective in fighting it

October 8, 2023

Letting go of China’s money – the price Canada must pay for its principles

August 21, 2023

With polarizing culture wars, the economy splits between woke and anti-woke

Root of the labour crisis: We lied to millennials and Gen Z when we said they could be anything

Dreaming of a four-day work week? Only the white collars will realize its benefits

As an economist, I think forecasts are a waste of time – almost hubris

Look beyond grocers such as Loblaw: Food insecurity is going to get a lot worse

With Alberta’s surging economy, Danielle Smith’s blame-Ottawa strategy is in question

February 9, 2023

In 2023, geopolitics will push the world economy closer to recession

January 2, 2023

We need to talk about the unco-ordinated, simultaneous rate hikes by central banks around the world

October 26, 2022

The ‘green economy’ is a marathon, not a sprint

What spiders can teach entrepreneurs about tension and adaptation

Ten ways the 2015-2016 recession changed Alberta

Why is it so hard for Canadians to believe the ‘benign’ inflation rate?