The Latest
-
Canada is a Trading Nation: The Rules Framework
Canada has been, is, and will be, a trading nation. Rules are critical. International trade rules are codified through treaties.… READ MORE
-
Canada is a Trading Nation: Some Stats
The Canadian economy is based on international trade. Almost one-third of the economy sells into the international marketplace. Since 1961… READ MORE
-
Stress Test for the Global Socio-economy
On January 20th 2025 a new American federal government assumed office and initiated a series of policy and program changes… READ MORE
-
A Rules Based System(?)
These posts acknowledge and celebrate what hitherto had been unimaginable advances of the global socio-economy. Progress has been supported by… READ MORE
-
Political Shocks to the North American Economy
This post memorializes selected statistics for the Canadian economy at the outset of the American global tariffs. The tariffs are… READ MORE
wisdom for this month
James Graham on the lingering and as yet unresolved effect of the 2008 global Financial Crisis (Reuters digital July 17, 2025)
…We’d been promised that this was the end of history and that everything was inevitably going to be a linear advancement towards progress and improvement. … I had no idea the longer, bigger crises and anger that was going to be coming down the line.
LG Economic Insights
About
A retired economist just stumbling and bumbling along to the end of the road.
LG Economic Insights 