ECON 2218
Cdn Economy:Policy Issues
Lec 01 selected
Canada’s economy today faces many problems: unemployment, productivity, income distribution, environmental protection, trade relations, federal-provincial fiscal relations, maintenance of social programs, etc. What are the most important economic policy issues that Canada now faces? What is the appropriate policy role for government?
Sections
Lecture
Lec 01
Mon, Wed 13:05-14:25
From the syllabus
From the Fall 2025 syllabus by Lars Osberg. Open the PDF
Grading
15%Assignment 1Present value of own education; due Oct 14
15%Assignment 2Present value of own carbon footprint; due Nov 6
15%Climate change policy presentationsOct 30, Nov 4 and 6
15%Assignment 3Costs and benefits of anti-poverty policies; due Dec 9
15%Inequality and poverty presentationsDates listed as Dec 2, 4 and 9
25%Final examinationDate set by Registrar
Course rules
- Missed presentations
- Missed presentations cannot be replaced; for reasonable cause, their weight may be reassigned to other presentations.
- Late assignments
- Assignments lose 0.5 percentage points of the final mark per day late, up to 15%.
- Academic integrity
- Assignments must be student-written, not produced by AI, and must cite data and factual sources.
- Presentations
- Students coordinate and cooperate in presentations but receive individual grades.
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