Churchill Falls 2.0: The $70 Billion Bet That Could Rewrite Canada’s Energy Map
2026-09-27 For more than half a century, Churchill Falls has been Canada’s most famous bad deal. A giant hydro station […]
Macroeconomics & Policy
How Rome Paid for an Empire: Taxes, Spending and the Long Road to Debasement
2026-09-24 Blog image: A worn Roman silver denarius and a gleaming gold solidus side by side on a dark wooden
The Carney Agreements: A Timeline of Every Major Deal, and What It Will Mean
2026-09-21 Mark Carney became prime minister on 14 March 2025 and won a minority government on 28 April 2025. In
Arithmetic of the Canadian Rearmament
2026-06-09 Canada is about to spend more on defense than at any time since the early Cold War. The bet
A world running on empty: how a blockaded Gulf is reshaping the global economy
2026-04-20 Several weeks into a cascading energy shock, a sobering reality is coming into view. Today’s oil shortages owe less
Mark Carney’s First Year: What Canada Has Done at Home and Abroad
When Mark Carney became Canada’s prime minister in March 2025, he entered office during a period of economic anxiety and
From Phosphates to Ports: How Morocco Engineered Its Rise in Global Supply Chains
Over the past two decades, Morocco has undertaken one of the most deliberate economic transformations in the developing world. From
The Economic Consequences of Rising Global Military Spending
Across advanced and emerging economies alike, defense budgets are expanding at a pace that would have seemed improbable only a
Immigration and the Canadian Economy from Champlain to the Present: A Long‑Run Synthesis
Canada is not merely a country that receives immigrants. It is a political economy constructed through immigration. From the founding
Gordie Howe Bridge Delayed: The High Economic Cost of Waiting at the Border
In the industrial heartland of North America, geography is destiny. Few places illustrate this more clearly than the narrow stretch
How the EU–India Free Trade Agreement Reshapes Turkey’s Economy
When the European Union and India concluded a sweeping free trade agreement, the deal was celebrated in Brussels and New
What It Would Really Cost to Take Venezuelan Oil Output to Alberta-Level Production: Why the Price Tag Goes Far Beyond Drilling
Venezuela’s oil endowment is undeniably vast. The country claims roughly 300 billion barrels of proven crude reserves, a figure larger