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Business & Economics Economic Development

A State of Minds

Toward a Human Capital Future for Canadians

by (author) Thomas J. Courchene

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2001
Category
Economic Development, General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780886451882
    Publish Date
    Jan 2001
    List Price
    $37.95

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Description

What happens when the world changes in ways that make Canada's physical capital, natural resources, and geography - once the ultimate competitive advantages - less important than knowledge, information, technological know-how, and human capital? What happens to Canadians? In A State of Minds Thomas Courchene examines the political structures that link local, provincial, and federal governments and challenges many longstanding beliefs about how society should be organized and financed. While focusing on Canadian competitiveness in a global economy, Courchene shows us how an open federal state like Canada can achieve both economic prosperity and social justice. Always provocative, Courchene blends compelling analysis and reasoned insight with a prescription for change: To stay ahead of the competitive curve and protect the Canadian way of life, Canada must become a "state of minds."

About the author

Thomas J. Courchene is Jarislowsky-Deutsch Professor and director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, at Queen's University and senior scholar, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal. John R. Allan is the associate director of the I

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Editorial Reviews

"Courchene is one of our most provocative, and best, policy thinkers." Saturday Night "Courchene is a one-man factory. His product? Hundreds of scholarly books and essays. His goal? To reshape how Canada works." Canadian Business

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