Changes in purchase patterns caused by Covid make Inflation Measurements difficult

 A good article on how Covid influenced purchases and why inflation measurements may not be as accurate right now.

Nobel Prize in Economics

 

Article on this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Auction Theory has proven to be very important.

Inflation in Canada

 

CBC article on inflation and the impact of gas and airline tickets.

Modern Monetary Theory

 Where is Canada getting all the money to deal with the Covid 19 situation. Well read the article from CBC on Modern Monetary Theory and you have one of the possibilities. 

After Covid 19 the Jobs coming back will not be the same as the Jobs lost. Structural Unemployment anyone?

Article from the CBC.

Adam Smith as a Development Economist

Interesting view on Adam Smith as a Development Economist and topical regarding his views on colonialism and slavery (spoiler he argued against both)

From the Conversable Economist.

William Easterly's article.

For those that want to see the original An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations By Adam Smith

Article on Adam Smith and Slavery

Free Ebooks

While Libraries are closed you might find some of these sources for free ebooks useful.

Manybooks.net Lots of free books. Some recent but many classics are here.

SpearfishLake.com  Collection of books written by Wes Boyd (an American Journalist, Newspaperman and Author) - stories about ordinary people in the United States covering a wide range of characters. Highly recommended