July 3, 2025opinionTo up defence spending, Canada must cut deeper, tax harder and borrow more – all at onceTodd Hirsch4 min read
June 9, 2025opinionGreat new military spending, Canada. Where’s the money going to come from?Todd Hirsch4 min read
July 10, 2024opinionCompanies need to stop giving corporate swag that people just throw in the trashTodd Hirsch4 min read
April 17, 2024opinionThis country’s real economic problem is that we hardly seem like one countryTodd Hirsch4 min read
March 20, 2024opinionSo, what expenditures should Canada cut to meet its NATO obligations?Todd Hirsch3 min read
February 20, 2024opinionWe no longer believe inflation will come down any more, and that’s dangerousTodd Hirsch4 min read
December 26, 2023opinionCanadians aren’t actually that interested in the economy, and that’s a problemTodd Hirsch4 min read
November 15, 2023opinionCanada must protect its economy and trade from a Donald Trump 2.0 presidencyTodd Hirsch and Carlo Dade4 min read
October 8, 2023opinionSinister stagflation is coming – Bank of Canada will be ineffective in fighting itTodd Hirsch4 min read
August 21, 2023opinionLetting go of China’s money – the price Canada must pay for its principles Todd Hirsch3 min read
July 4, 2023opinionWith polarizing culture wars, the economy splits between woke and anti-wokeTodd Hirsch3 min read
May 24, 2023opinionRoot of the labour crisis: We lied to millennials and Gen Z when we said they could be anything Todd Hirsch3 min read
May 15, 2023opinionDreaming of a four-day work week? Only the white collars will realize its benefitsTodd Hirsch3 min read
April 26, 2023opinionAs an economist, I think forecasts are a waste of time – almost hubrisTodd Hirsch3 min read
March 8, 2023opinionLook beyond grocers such as Loblaw: Food insecurity is going to get a lot worseTodd Hirsch3 min read
February 9, 2023opinionWith Alberta’s surging economy, Danielle Smith’s blame-Ottawa strategy is in questionTodd Hirsch3 min read
January 2, 2023opinionIn 2023, geopolitics will push the world economy closer to recessionTodd Hirsch3 min read
October 26, 2022opinionWe need to talk about the unco-ordinated, simultaneous rate hikes by central banks around the worldTodd Hirsch3 min read