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Gregory C. Mason

Research and teaching in public-policy

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    • Agricultural Commentary
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    • Current Research and Working Papers
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  • Guiding the Invisible Hand
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Agricultural Commentary

These articles appeared in AgriFamily magazine, between 1995 and 1999

  • Agriculture at the Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1995 (October)Download
  • The farmer as information manager, Vol.1, No.2 1995 (December)Download
  • The Internet: Superhighway or Dirt Road, Vol. 1 No. 4 1996 (April)Download
  • Risk, information and psychic friends, Vol. 1 No.6 1996 (August)Download
  • From Russia with love, Vol.2 No 1 1996 (October)Download
  • The farmer as scientist, Vol. 2 No. 2 (1997 (Dec/Jan)Download
  • Creating a viable strategy for the family farm, Vol. 2 No. 3 1997 (February)Download
  • From farmer to entrepreneur, Vol.2 No. 4 1997 (April)Download
  • Riding the wave, Vol.2 No.5 1997 (Summer)Download
  • Who shall inherit the earth?, Vol.3 No.1 1997 (Fall)Download
  • The Russians are coming, Vol. 3, No. 2 1998 (Winter)Download
  • Harvesting farmers’ opinions, Vol.3 No.3 1998 (Spring)Download
  • Managing in perpetual “Next Year Land“, Vol. 3, No. 4 1998 (Summer)Download
  • Keeping one’s head in economic storms, Vol. 3, No. 5 1999 (Spring)Download
  • Take economic forecasts with a grain of salt, Vol. 4, No.1 1999 (June)Download

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Latest Commentary

The search for the truth never ends

May 31, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, May 30, 2022 Tributes to David Milgaard all highlight the strength of an individual who persevered through more that two decades of imprisonment for a murder he never committed. His mother Joyce Milgaard, Lloyd Axworthy, and the lawyer who believed his story, Hersch Wolch, deserve recognition for their efforts in righting a […]

We need COVID measures we can trust

April 14, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, April 8, 2022 It is curious that the only recent indicator I have seen that COVID-19 still stalks us is that Kyle Connor and Nate Schmidt of the Winnipeg Jets were placed in virus protocol last week. I do not know what Canada’s self-styled virologists in chief (Stefanson, Kenney, Ford et al) […]

Time to rethink vaccine strategy

April 7, 2022 By Greg Mason

December 13, 2021 Omicron is on the prowl. While early indications are that it does not cause serious illness, it is very infectious. The current approach to enforcing vaccination mandates will not probably get us to 90-per-cent-plus of everyone over six being fully vaccinated, which is probably the level needed manage this disease. (Read more…)

Time to examine treaty annuities and the land

April 7, 2022 By Greg Mason

Sheilla Jone, Wayne Helgason, and Gregory Mason Winnipeg Free Press, December 29, 2021 The November Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that the Crown violated Robinson Treaty terms by failing to increase annuity payments highlights the necessity of understanding the link between annuities and the land as a step toward reconciliation. Because without reconciliation, Canada risks […]

Online learning is here to stay

April 7, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, August 9, 2021 Fill in the blank. Virtual learning is to live learning as phone sex is to ______ sex. There you have it … a question from the 2021 Mensa test.(Read full Article)

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About

Specializing in economic policy, the basic annual income, health economics, and Indigenous economics, Greg joined the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba in 1974. Recently he has written on the economics of COVID, telemedicine, electronic health records, the modern annuity, and urban reserves.

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  • The search for the truth never ends
  • We need COVID measures we can trust
  • Time to rethink vaccine strategy
  • Time to examine treaty annuities and the land
  • Online learning is here to stay

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