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CanadaCast: Interview with Dambisa Moyo CanadaCast: Interview with Dambisa Moyo

Canada 2020 interviews Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid, about aid effectiveness, more innovative ways for Africa to finance development, and her book.

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CanadaCast: Dambisa Moyo at Canada 2020 Speakers Series CanadaCast: Dambisa Moyo at Canada 2020 Speakers Series

Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid, argued for more innovative ways for Africa to finance development including trade with China, accessing the capital markets, and microfinance.

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Canada 2020: Interview with Ed Bernacki of The Idea Factory Canada 2020: Interview with Ed Bernacki of The Idea Factory

Canada 2020 interviews Ed Bernacki of The Idea Factory. Bernacki discusses how he developed the idea of an Idea Factory, what it will take for Canadian managers, busineses, and economy to be more innovative.

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CanadaCast: Interview with Paul Lavoie CanadaCast: Interview with Paul Lavoie

Canada 2020 interviews Paul Lavoie, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Taxi, on how Brand Canada is not just about selling moose, mountains and maple syrup.

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CanadaCast: Interview with Prof. Drew Westen CanadaCast: Interview with Prof. Drew Westen

Watch Susan Smith of Canada 2020 interview Prof. Drew Westen, clinical psychologist and principal of Westen Strategies, LLC, about his recent book The Political Brain.

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Of Interest

G&M: Flaherty gets advice on whether to spend or not G&M: Flaherty gets advice on whether to spend or not

According to the G&M, “Canada’s leading private economists are urging Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to tread a cautious path in his March budget and keep spending flowing in a fragile recovery.” Why not see the experts have their say in person?

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Budget 2010: Time to Cut or Continue Pump Priming? Budget 2010: Time to Cut or Continue Pump Priming?

Budget 2009 was the first in decades designed to stimulate the economy out of recession through heavy government spending and budget deficits.  It was broadly consistent with Keyensian economics and the actions of virtually all major industrial economies.
In recent weeks, the federal government has been signaling that Budget 2010, to be delivered on March 3, [...]

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Lang & Demont: We’re not back in 1995 Lang & Demont: We’re not back in 1995

Canada 2020 co-founder Eugene Lang and Phil DeMont have an op-ed in today’s Ottawa Citizen where they argue that “We don’t need a return to the deficit-busting crusade of the ’90s — particularly with so many other economic priorities.”

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Matt Bai: The Truth About Bureaucracy Matt Bai: The Truth About Bureaucracy

Matt Bai, who writes about national politics for the New York Times Magazine, has an interesting article, on the
“Truth About Bureaucracy.”

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Economist’s Big Mac Index: 12 minutes work = 1 Big Mac in Toronto Economist’s Big Mac Index: 12 minutes work = 1 Big Mac in Toronto

How many minutes to earn the price of a Big Mac? The Economist updates their Big Mac Index.

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From the Blog

Green Oil Green Oil

Being an energy superpower sit uneasily with Canadians: Alberta’s oil sands, the largest hydrocarbon deposit in the world, would be a blessing to many nations. Yet too many of our citizens see them as a burden.

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Manufacturing Intelligence Manufacturing Intelligence

It’s here! The Utopian ideal of free education for all is closer than ever thanks to the Interweb. While the ‘open classroom’ concept has been evolving for several years, many prestigious universities and colleges are now offering high quality audio and even video recordings online of their classes.

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Let’s Focus our Aid Let’s Focus our Aid

While there are a variety of options to choose from when reforming Canada’s Overseas Development Assistance, it’s time for our aid strategy to focus on excellence in a specific solution, not just on what countries will receive aid. We have limited resources to spend on aid, let’s make sure that we are very, very effective when it comes time to help those in need around the world.

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Dead Aid: Dead On or Dead Wrong? Dead Aid: Dead On or Dead Wrong?

John W. McArthur – CEO of Millennium Promise – argues that “when holding a hammer in your hand, every problem can look like a nail” and that Dambisa Moyo’s book Dead Aid “gives fresh meaning to this old adage.” What’s your take on Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid?

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