A State of Minds

Toward a Human Capital Future for Canadians

Thomas J Courchene author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The Institute for Research on Public Policy

Published:1st Jan '01

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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."

"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

ISBN: 9780886451882

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 539g

340 pages