When GDP per capita alone is a wrong measure… Gini coefficient versus GDP per capita - Stephen's Lighthouse

Canada’s GDP Rises 0.4%, Driven by Strong Oil Sands Performance

Oil Sands Drive Growth in Canada’s January Economic Expansion Canada’s economy continued to show strength in January, driven largely by the energy sector, with the oil sands leading the way. A new report by Stats Canada shows real GDP rose 0.4%, following a 0.3% increase in December. Resource industries, including mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, accounted for much of the growth. The mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction se…

When GDP per capita alone is a wrong measure… Gini coefficient versus GDP per capita - Stephen's Lighthouse

Via Patrick Georges, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa “When GDP per capita alone is a wrong measure… The so-called LinkedIn ‘experts’ on Canadian productivity have emphasised again and again that the performance of Canada (as measured by GDP per capita) over the last decade has been rather mediocre wrt the USA performance. My post does not try to contradict this ‘per se’. Yet, let’s not forget that the measurement of ‘GDP per capita’ as…