The Canadian quandary : economic problems and policies

Best known for his research on international trade and finance and monetary policy, Harry G. Johnson was one of Canada's most respected economists. He was also a prolific and influential public intellectual. A sharp and popular polemicist, he wrote on a wide range of subjects, from advertising to affluence to foreign investment, and was published in Punch and The Spectator as well as all the leading economic journals. Contents Introduction to the Carleton Library Series Edition Preface to the Carleton Library Edition, 1977 Preface to the 1963 Edition Introduction to the 1963 Edition PART ONE: PROSPECTS, PROBLEMS, AND PLANNING 1 Canada's Economic Prospects 2 Problems of Canadian Nationalism 3 Canada in a Changing World 4 Planning and the Objectives of a Free Enterprise Economy 5 Economic Growth and Economic Policy PART TWO: CANADIAN COMMERCIAL POLICY 6 Canada's Foreign Trade Problems 7 The Emergence of Regional Free Trade Areas 8 External Economic Policy (i) 9 External Economic Policy (ii) 10 Canadian-American Integration in Face of a Changing World Economy 11 The Bladen Plan for Increased Protection of the Canadian Automotive Industry PART THREE: MONETARY POLICY 12 Lags in the Effects of Monetary Policy in Canada 13 Alternative Guiding Principles for the Use of Monetary Policy PART FOUR: THE ECONOMICS OF OPULENCE 14 Towards a Generalized Capital Accumulation Approach to Economic Development 15 The Political Economy of Opulence 16 The Social Policy of an Opulent Society 17 Advertising in Today's Economy 18 Apologia for Ad Men PART FIVE: THE WORLD CONTEXT 19 International Liquidity – Problems and Plans 20 The Overvaluation of the Dollar 21 Where Is the World Going? The Canadian Quandary is a collection of unbuttoned pieces written in Johnson's witty and acerbic style between 1958 and 1963. Dealing with Canadian policy on trade and foreign policy, the volume includes Johnson's classic dismemberment of the Canadian nationalist movement. Though Trudeau's Foreign Investment Review Agency and National Energy Policy have long since been dismantled, economic nationalism persists and it is a testament to both the lucidity of Johnson's mind and the vigour and clarity of his writing that many of his opinions on this debate are still fresh, interesting, and relevant. Harry G Johnson is best known as one of Canada's most respected economists, particularly for his research on international trade and finance and monetary policy. This collection of Johnson's best writing includes some of his wittiest skewerings of the Canadian nationalist movement.