Chris Ragan

The following editorial columns have appeared in various newspapers or magazines.

Pragmatic conservatives missing in climate-change debate [.pdf] , Globe and Mail (on-line "Economy Lab"), May 14, 2013.

Demographic Debt Wall [.pdf] , Financial Post, November 25, 2011.

Still On Target [.pdf] , Financial Post, November 9, 2011. (With Finn Poschmann.)

Broader Will Not Mean Better [.pdf] , Canadian Business Magazine, November 1, 2011.

Preserve the Value of Our Money [.pdf] , The National Post, February 18, 2011.

Don't Inflate Inflation: New deal with Bank of Canada should lower target to 1% [.pdf] , The National Post, February 17, 2011.

On Carbon Pricing, Private Sector Shows the Way [.pdf] , The Globe and Mail, Report on Business, January 31, 2011. (With Nancy Olewiler and Alex Wood.)

Carefully Crafting An Economic Gift [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, December 18, 2008.

What Is to Be Done? Stick to 2% Solution [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, November 13, 2008.

Seriously, Let's Cut All Corporate Taxes [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, October 2, 2008.

Conservatives Can't Claim Triumph Yet [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, August 28, 2008.

Have Conservative Economics Won Out? [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, August 21, 2008.

Properly Implemented, Carbon Tax Has Merit [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, July 17, 2008.

Carbon Tax Could Benefit Less Wealthy [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, June 5, 2008.

Opportunity in High Prices [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, May 15, 2008.

Bernanke Keeps His Balance On A Tightrope [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette, April 10, 2008.

TFSAs Will Be Ineffective, Burdensome [.pdf] , The National Post, March 11, 2008.

Reasons to Derail the Gravy Train [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette , February 20, 2008.

Controlling Inflation Is What the Job's All About [.pdf] , The Montreal Gazette , January 10, 2008.

Bring Down the Welfare Wall [.pdf] (with J. Leonard and F. St-Hilaire), The National Post, November 22, 2007.

Setting Policy Priorities for Canada [.pdf] (with J. Leonard and F. St-Hilaire), The Hill Times, October 29, 2007.

GST Plan: A Productive Idea [.pdf] (with J. Leonard and F. St-Hilaire), The National Post, October 24, 2007.

Just Let DoE Energy Officials Do Their Job [.pdf] (with D. Ragan), The Calgary Herald, July 6, 2007.

The Bank of Canada's Inflation Target Task [.pdf] , The National Post, December 13, 2006.

The Next Fiscal War [.pdf] (with W. Watson), The National Post, January 21, 2004.

Leave Interest Rates Alone [.pdf] , The National Post, January 20, 2004.

Abolish RRSPs? Yes! [.pdf] , The Ottawa Citizen, January 30, 1997.

Now's the Time to Put GST On Groceries [.pdf], The Financial Post, May 22, 1991.

The following short columns appeared in the "Overview" column in the National Post Business magazine between October 1999 and August 2001.

August 2001: Resizing the Pie. Ottawa should cut business subsidies -- and business taxes. [.pdf]

May 2001: Fear Itself. The economy of 2001 is a bust. Do we have only ourselves to blame? [.pdf]

March 2001: Smog For Sale. Are tradeable emissions permits a deal with the devil, or good sense? [.pdf]

January 2001: Smooth Sailing? We've had year after year of prosperity. Can it last forever? [.pdf]

November 2000: Not So Evil After All. Government debt can be good, when it's used to benefit future generations. [.pdf]

September 2000: It Doesn't Work. Why government make-work programs can't create jobs. [.pdf]

July 2000: How Un-Canadian! Why are we so unwilling to embrace new ideas? [.pdf]

May 2000: Goodbye to All That. Our system of support for the poor is complicated and unfair. Let's scrap it. [.pdf]

February 2000: Pay Up, Students. Our universities are withering and only students' wallets can save them. [.pdf]

January 2000: Dividing Up the Surplus. How big a tax cut do you want? Sorry, that's the wrong question. [.pdf]

December 1999: It's the Economy, Stupid. Is a falling dollar a problem? Depends on why it's falling. [.pdf]

October 1999: What New Economy? Why the new economy doesn't mean boundless growth with zero inflation. [.pdf]

The following are my editorials from World Economic Affairs:

Summer 1996: Globalization and the Nation State [.pdf]

Winter 1997: The Death of Inflation [.pdf]

Spring 1997: The Debate Over Labour-Market Flexibility [.pdf]

Autumn 1997: The Evolution of Fiscal Responsibility [.pdf]

Spring 1998: The Demise of the 'Left-Right' Split [.pdf]

Winter 1999: When Will We Learn the Easy Lessons [.pdf]

Autumn 1999: Free Trade and Political Courage [.pdf]

Autumn 2000: The Deceptive Exchange-Rate Debate [.pdf]