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Gregory C. Mason

Research and teaching in public-policy

  • Publications
    • Agricultural Commentary
    • Articles (academic)
    • Chapters in Books
    • Current Research and Working Papers
    • Book Reviews
    • Technical Reports & Monographs
    • Workshops & Presentations
  • Guiding the Invisible Hand
  • Teaching
    • Resources for students
    • Economic Analytics Using Computer Methods
  • ISER
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    • Methodology Notes
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  • PRA INC.

Reviews

Pawson, Ray (2007) Evidence-based policy, Thousand Oaks, Sage Publicatilons (Forth-coming, Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

Kaplan, David. (Editor). The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2004  (Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, Spring 2007)

Boruch, Robert ,  (Special Editor) “Place randomized Trials: Experimental tests of pubic policy”,   The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Vol. 599, May 2005   (Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, September 2006)

Sherman, Lawrence, W., (Special Editor), “Misleading Evidence and Evidence-Led Policy: Making Social Science More Experimental.” The Annals of of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Vol. 589, September 2003   (Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, September 2006)

“Urban Land Policy,” World Bank, 1983 Annals of Regional Science, November 1985.

“Government Wide Audit on Programme Evaluation,” by the Auditor General in Western Economic Review, 1984.

“Supply Side Economics – Critical Appraisal,” by R.A. Fink, Western Economic Review, 1983.

“Understanding Inflation,” by J.H. Case, Western Economic Review, 1981.

“The Soviet City,” by J.H. Bater, Plan Canada, 1981.

“The Politics of Freight Rates,” by H. Darling, Canadian Public Policy, 1982.

“Regional Econometric Models and Simulation,” by N. Glickman, Annals of Regional Science, 1981

“The Developers,” by J. Lorimer, Canadian Dimension, 1980.

“Housing: It’s Your Move,” by F. Pennance et al., Canadian Public Policy, 1977

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Latest Commentary

Inflation is bred to the bone

October 19, 2022 By Greg Mason

Financial Post, September 28, 2022 The current spike in inflation has its origin in the pandemic, which in one respect is good news: supply chains will eventually unclog and pent-up spending will abate, either because interest rates bite or financial markets force governments to pare back. Read more

Time for an adult conversation about taxes

September 21, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, September 2, 2022 Earlier this year while cleaning out some old files I found my property tax assessment from 1993. I  had just received my 2022 assessment, and my economist’s “spidy” sense tingled. This mental itch kicks in when we economists compare costs and prices over time – we automatically adjust for […]

To boost or not to boost?

August 14, 2022 By Greg Mason

Winnipeg Free Press, August 1, 2022 With apologies to The Clash, that iconic band from the 80s, “Darling you got to let me know, Should I vaxx or should I wait?” Let us be clear. I am a vaccine enthusiast. When the shingles vaccine became available, I was there in a flash. I get the […]

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) […]

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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.

Recent

  • Inflation is bred to the bone
  • Time for an adult conversation about taxes
  • To boost or not to boost?
  • The search for the truth never ends
  • We need COVID measures we can trust

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