He just can't stop making stuff up. The Bank of Canada's three core measures came in at 2.6%, 3.1% and 3.0% in June, from 2.6%, 3.0% and 3.0% in May. There is no jump to 3.4%.

Long ballot activists are assholes. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

I defy you to find a news story or a video clip in which a Canadian media outlet lets an economist explain why supply management is bad.

No, that's considered opinion, not news.

Canadian economics journalism sucks ass.

Politicians almost always think interest rates should be lower than they are,” said Alan Blinder, a Princeton University economist and former Fed vice chair. “This is the major reason we need an independent central bank.” tinyurl.com/ytjftdr4

We will have an essay doing just this in print and online tomorrow at National Post, from agricultural economist Ryan Cardwell!

We are so on this! See National Post online and print tomorrow for a piece by Ryan Cardwell, professor of food & ag economics at University of Manitoba

"Support for SM is higher among people who support progressive redistribution policies, despite SM doing precisely the opposite through a regressive tax on consumers and by supporting the incomes of relatively high-income families." nationalpost.com/opinion/ryan-c…

Updating slides for the fall.

The Longest Ballot Committee are a bunch of assholes; they're like the vandals who go into art museums and throw paint on the exhibits. No-one cares why they do it, everyone just sees assholes behaving like assholes. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

This weekend, this paper was accepted at EJPE. We test whether types of entrepreneurship (productive vs unproductive, à la Baumol) affect internal migration patterns across U.S. metro areas. Spoiler: They do. 🧵⬇️

Am wondering if it had ever been determined that there were too few senior executives in the public service.

30 years ago today

Canada at 2.39%! Holding very steady from the May number of 1.9% despite the increase on steel & aluminum that kicked in in June. USMCA exemption continues to do a lot of work.