Sadly, four years later, this paper appears even more relevant.... and with way more questions than answers... Sergei Guriev (London Business School) The Political Economy of #Populism (AEA Journals Journal of Economic Literature). aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

I often think about this: younger people in the US and other wealthy nations are far more likely to have a zero-sum mindset—the idea that someone’s gain means a loss for others—compared to older generations. From our paper on zero-sum thinking (full 🧵 x.com/s_stantcheva/s…)

End of the Student Direct Stream and Nigeria Student Express canada.ca/en/immigration… #cndimm #SDS #Nigeria

Significant announcement. The Student Direct Stream (SDS) was an expansion of the Student Partners Program (SPP) first introduced in 2009. The SPP aimed to increase the acceptance rate of Indian foreign students applying to Canadian community colleges. 👉canada.ca/en/news/archiv…

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Rightly or wrongly, the Canada-US border will be a major priority for the Trump administration. It’s strongly in Canada’s interest to demonstrate now that we take regulating who crosses our border VERY seriously. We should not wait until the inauguration. vox.com/politics/38752…

Trump threatens a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada on Jan 20 unless… some hard-to-measure steps get taken at the border. Look forward to seeing the Canadian dollar and Mexican peso’s reaction tomorrow.

What do you farmers think of Trump’s new threat to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian products? Threat made tonight

How Justin Trudeau should respond to Trump Tariffs. From my recent article in Winnipeg Free Press: winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analys…

How many times do we have to do this, David? Grab a seat if you like, folks. It's thread time.

☹️Google Scholar is a great tool. But it doesn't show you how papers are connected with each other. 😀Here's how to fast-track your literature review with visual search using Google Scholar's database: (And export papers to Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.)

An exclusive look at our rigourous training for this Saturday's Winnipeg 150 City vs. Province hockey game.

For what it's worth, you can draw a graph like this one for basically every sector subject to the industrial carbon price. Also (not to be a gatekeeper) you shouldn't trust claims about the impacts of carbon pricing from anyone who doesn't take the time to understand this graph.

Canada, we don't need to get into an internecine battle over Energy East. It's cancelled, there is no proponent, and we have better (cheaper, faster, less political) options to stimulate economic growth and diversify exports. Let's put our energy elsewhere.

All 13 premiers are headed to Washington. First time the entire group has gone. See who they get meetings with.

My column: The City of Winnipeg has embraced the federal Housing Accelerator Fund, using it to change the dialogue around housing delivery. As construction season begins we will reap the rewards with an explosion of new development across the inner city. winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analys…

There are many things that the Americans are presenting as an opportunity to Canada. This is one of them. Let’s make the future of our country about more than pulling things out of the ground.

I am pleased to announce that Marc-André Blanchard will serve as my Chief of Staff beginning in July.   Marc-André has a long and distinguished career as one of Canada’s most accomplished builders, legal experts, executives, public servants, and diplomats including serving as

On July 13, 1953, future Oscar winner Alec Guinness spoke the first words of the first play performed at the Stratford Festival. "Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York." This is its story of how the Stratford Festival began. 🧵 1/15

Today in 1945, George Orwell published a devastating critique of Communism. Animal Farm reveals why every communist revolution follows the same tragic pattern: liberation to corruption to oppression. Here are 10 truths from Animal Farm Orwell warned us never to forget 🧵👇🏼