Proposition: National champions are good economic policy in the 21st century
Watson (against): One silver lining to...
Tags: Advanced Research Agency, America’s economy, bankers, Big companies, Bill Gates, brokers, Canada, Canadian economy, Canadian exports, China, CIBC, East Asia, economic policy, economic theory, financial deficit, Finland, Forbes, foreign direct investment, GB, GDP, General Motors, Global Brief, Great Recession, industrial policy, international trade, Jim Stanford, Korea, laissez-faire policy, Milton Friedman, NAFTA, Nortel, OECD, sands industry, Sumsung, tax policy, US, Wall Street, William Watson
Proposition: The international discourse over the next decade will (still) be economic in nature.
JH (against): What...
Tags: Davos Economic Forum, economic governance, Economic sociology, Financial Crisis, G20, Global Brief, John Helliwell, macroeconomics, Peer Zumbansen, rational-choice economists, recession
“Given the resurgence of the modern state (i.e., the state is back, so to speak), isn’t it time that Quebec conceded...
PROPOSITION: Canada (still) has national interests at stake in Afghanistan.
Gordon Smith (in favour): Of course, Canada...
