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Thinking outside the box : innovation in policy ideas : essays in honour of Thomas J. Courchene / edited by Keith G. Banting, Richard P. Chaykowski, Steven F. Lehrer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Queen's policy studies.
- Queen's Policy Studies Series
- Standardized Title:
- Thinking outside the box (2015)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Income distribution--Canada--Congresses.
- Income distribution.
- Equality--Canada--Congresses.
- Equality.
- Canada--Economic policy--Congresses.
- Canada.
- Canada--Economic conditions--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Building on the work presented in Styran and Taylor’s This Great National Object, which told the story of the first three Welland canals built in the nineteenth century, This Colossal Project chronicles an impressive milestone in the history of Canadian technological achievement and nation building.
- Contents:
- A.Celebrating Tom Courchene
- Tom Courchene: Innovative Thinking in Canadian Policy / Steven F. Lehrer
- Tom Courchene as Savanturier / Gilles Paquet
- B.Federalism and National Policy
- The Dutch Disease and the Canadian Economy: Challenges for Policy-Makers / Jean-Francois Tremblay
- Mon Pays, C'est L'Assurance-Maladie: The Dissonant Harmony of Canadian Health-Care Federalism / Katherine Fierlbeck
- A National Energy Strategy for Canada? / Bryne Purchase
- Courchene and Social Policy Analysis: Retirement Income Reform and Actuarial Federalism in Canada / Michael J. Prince
- Influencing Public Policy from Outside the Box: Courchene and Regional Development / Donald J. Savoie
- Can Taxes Help Cure the Canadian Obesity Epidemic? Lessons Learned from the Policy Debate in the United States / Lisa M. Powell
- Old Federations and New Social Risks: Reproductive Health in Canada and the United States / Melissa Haussman
- C.Economic Policy
- Note continued: The Macroeconomics of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: A Review of the Issues and New Evidence for Canada / Pierre Fortin
- What Have Central Bankers Learned from Modern Macroeconomic Theory? / Peter Howitt
- Why Ontario Did Not Become a Region-State: Revisiting the Courchene Thesis / Stephen Clarkson
- D.Canada's Constitutional Challenge
- Canada's Constitutional Legitimacy Deficit: Learning to Live with It / David Cameron
- Challenging Contemporary Interpretations of Section 94 / Kathy L. Brock
- E.Inequality and the Distribution of Income
- Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility / Miles Corak
- A Tale of Two Cities? The Surge of Top Incomes at the City Level in Canada / Michael Veall
- Immigrant Earnings Mobility by Immigrant Admission Category in Canada / Charles M. Beach
- F.Thomas J. Courchene: Perspectives and Publications.
- Notes:
- "Based on a conference held in celebration of Thomas J. Courchene."
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 14, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-55339-430-5
- 1-55339-431-3
- OCLC:
- 953628951
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