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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
    • Commentary
    • Israel
  • Teaching
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    • Economic Analytics Using Computer Methods
    • Experiments in AI
  • ISER
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  • PRA INC.

Workshops & Presentations

1997

Performance Measurement and Program Monitoring (Read more)

2006

Estimating family labour supply – NCB Workshop (Read more)

2010

The future of Prairie agriculture (Read more)

2011

Value for money (Read more)

2012

New Policy on Evaluation: Straightjacket or Platform? (Read more)

Integrating evidence to tell the evaluation story Day 1 Morning (Read more)

Integrating evidence to tell the evaluation story Day 1 Afternoon (Read More)

Integrating evidence to tell the evaluation story Day 2 Morning (Read More)

Integrating evidence to tell the evaluation story Day 2 Afternoon (Read More)

2013

Logic models: A theory of change perspective to support economy, efficiency, and effectiveness (Read more)

Treasury Board of Canada: Economy, efficiency, and effectiveness (Read more)

Basics of economic valuation: Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis (Read more)

Core methods in Evaluation (Read more)

Activity based costing: Application of economy and efficiency (Read more)

Mixed methods in evaluation: Combining qualitative and qualitative evaluation (Read more)

2014

Attribution in evaluation (Read more)

2015

Designing evaluations to measure efficiency and effectiveness – Part 1 (Read more)

Designing evaluations to measure efficiency and effectiveness – Part 2 (Read more)

2016

Basic income pilots (Read more)

Poverty in Canada: Is there a problems and what can/should we do about it? (Read more)

2018

Evaluating Basic Income Pilots (Read More)

2021

Economic foundations of the theory of change Part 1 (Read more)

Economic foundations of the theory of change Part 2 (Read more)

Policy evaluation using simulation (Read more)

2022

Mixed methods – how to be a critical user (Read more)

Universal Basic Income: Prospects and Problems (Read more)

2024

Inside Mixed-Methods: A Bayesian Perspective (Read More)

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Latest Commentary

Inflation is bred to the bone Copy

January 31, 2024 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

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 […]

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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 Copy
  • 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

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