Fiscal Choices: Canada after the Pandemic

“Fiscal Choices is an elegantly written, thoroughly researched, and innovative account of the ‘stubborn realities’ and sobering challenges facing post-COVID-19 Canada, and the high hurdles posed by effective fiscal policies to resolve them. Critical but fair in implicating our political institutions and economic elite in these hurdles, Fiscal Choices is crucial reading not just for the political and economic elites who make Canadian fiscal policy but for all of those with a stake in a prosperous and stable Canadian future.” Grace Skogstad, Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Toronto

“The COVID-19 pandemic revealed many weaknesses in our social and economic systems, giving rise to calls for a ‘Great Reset’ and ‘Building Back Better.’ Fiscal Choices is a comprehensive guide to the policy issues that arose in the course of COVID-19.  It will be particularly useful in helping Canadian policymakers navigate the emerging challenges posed by AI and robotics, the evaluation of industrial policies motivated by near-shoring and climate goals, and the long-term effects of population aging on health care costs and productivity growth.  Engagingly written, Fiscal Choices should be required reading for scholars and students of public policy and administration across Canada.” Bev Dahlby, Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary