Economists

An economist is a practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are many sub-fields, ranging from the broad philosophical theories to the focused study of minutiae within specific markets, macroeconomic analysis, microeconomic analysis or financial statement analysis, involving analytical methods and tools such as econometrics, statistics, economics computational models, financial economics, mathematical finance and mathematical economics.

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Fraser Institute · 18 July 2024 English

The federal government has set a GHG emissions reduction target of at least 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, equivalent to 38.5% below 2022 levels. This report examines proposed policies …

the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 9, 2 (March). <https:// doi.org/10.1086/716700>


Fraser Institute · 27 June 2024 English

Over the past 15 months, Canada'€™s previously tight labour market has softened considerably. The slowdown in the youth labour market has been particularly significant. From January 2023 to May 2024, …

labour market has been a point of concern for economists and policy analysts for decades. As far back substantial and deserves careful attention from economists and governments in coming months. Recent Trends


Fraser Institute · 20 June 2024 English

Despite projected surpluses from 2024/25–2026/27, Alberta is at risk of returning to a budget deficit, due to high spending, when relatively high resource revenue declines. Premier Danielle Smith has recognized …

savings in the Heritage Fund (Alberta, 2024b)8. Economists have similarly advised that surpluses be saved


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 June 2024 English

The word "pharmacopoeia" has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs. In 1813 the Royal College …

range of researchers including geographers and economists, as well as medical and pharmaceutical historians


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English

Since the year 2000, millions of hectares of land in the Global South have been acquired by foreign investors for large-scale agricultural projects, displacing and disrupting rural communities. Women are …

(2009; 2010b), and other feminist economists and political economists have emphasized how commonly held


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 June 2024 English

The costs and capabilities of grid-located batteries have improved dramatically in recent years and could play an import role in South Africa's electricity system. This report examines the challenges facing …

Storage Association, independent energy analysts, economists, GreenCape, and the South African Independent


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 4 June 2024 English

Voting Online investigates the effects of cyber elections by looking at how adoption of online voting affects attitudes towards democracy, who uses and who benefits from the voting mode, the …

aspects, including security and secrecy, while economists and business schol- ars may wish to study its


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 May 2024 English

There is a growing agreement among global leaders that countries must move beyond GDP as their primary measure of progress. A new IISD report developed with academic partners in Ethiopia, …

world employ large teams of statisticians and economists to compile monthly, quarterly, and annual estimates analysis is the trends in their quantities. Economists refer to these quantities as “volumes,” and there


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 May 2024 English

Despite most policy-makers' belief that GDP growth is the primary measure of success, the true core factors of economic progress are capital assets—human, natural, produced, financial, and social capital. These …

among ecologists, environmental economists, and mainstream economists. Despite the debate and the developments


Environmental Defence · 14 May 2024 English

Given the potent global emissions should be ineligible for the warming potential of methane and the frequency of methane leaks during have made efforts to advocate that transportation, the full …

efforts to limit global warming to below energy economists, climate specialists, 1.5 degrees Celsius. While


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