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Selected studies and articles on public finance and policy

• Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility, liquor regulation in Manitoba, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, September 2016.
• "Looking in the Mirror, provincial comparisons of public spending", Parkland Institute, March 2015.
• "From Gap to Chasm", Parkland Institute, April 2015.
• Newfoundland and Labrador, Options For a Strong Economy, Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives, November 2014. (with Diana Gibson).
• "The Way Forward, Progressive Income Tax in Alberta", Parkland Institute, March 2014. (with Shannon Stunden Bower).
• Prosperity for All, An Alternative Economic Path for Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives, March 2013. (with Diana Gibson).
• Impaired Judgement The Economic and Social Consequences of Liquor Privatization in Western Canada,, Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives & Parkland Institute, October 2012, (with David Campanella).
• Fixing What's Broken - fair and sustainable solutions to Alberta's Revenue Problems, Parkland Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, May 2011.
• "Universal Care* *some exceptions apply", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Nov 2009, pp.39-41.
• "Breaking the Cycle: Stimulus with Responsibility, Stewardship, and Sustainability", Parkland Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, April 2009, (with Diana Gibson).
• "An Ounce of Prevention", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Nov 2008, pp.26-31.
• Sustainable Healthcare for Seniors: Keeping it Public, Parkland Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, September 2008.
• "Medicare: Phase Two", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Nov 2007, pp. 42-43.
• "We're fine", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, October 2007, pp. 42-43 (with Mark Dickerson).
• "Not Just About Money: Provincial Budgets and Political Ideology", The Trojan Horse Rides Again: Alberta, Canada, and the New World (Dis)Order, Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2005.
• "Reaction: Through the Liquor Glass", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, May/June 2004.
• "Impaired Judgment", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Nov/Dec 2004.
• Sobering Result: Liquor retailing in Alberta, ten years after privatization, Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives, June 2003.
• "Trailer Park-U, Calgarians need to rally behind their university", Calgary Herald, February 24, 2003, p.A11 (with Mark Dickerson).
• "For-profit medicine not the magic bullet for health care", Calgary Herald, November 26, 2002, p.A15 (with Gillian Steward).
• "Can Medicare Survive?", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Nov/Dec 2002, pp. 26-33.
• "Shifting the Burden", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Sept/Oct 2000, pp. 21-27.
• "Flat Tax", Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 2000.
• "Cutting Health Care: The Hidden Costs", Alberta Views, Calgary, Alberta, Vol. 1 no.2 Spr. 1998, pp. 20-26.
• Alberta Government Business Plans, Public Sector Management, Toronto: Vol. 6, no. 3, 1995.
• "Why Alberta can't export the Klein budget-cutting model", The Globe and Mail, January 31, 1995. (with Mark Dickerson).
• "Deficit and Debt: Alberta's financial woes due to ill conceived attempts at economic development", Calgary Herald, October 25, 1994. (with Mark Dickerson & Stan Drabek).