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Should Workers in the App-Based Gig Economy be Regulated as Employees?
Written By: Matthew Azevedo
The number of gig workers in Canada are by no-means negligible. In 2016, the most recent figure available, approximately 1 in 10 Canadians participated in gig work, and recent events related to Covid-19 has likely made this figure even higher (1). Continue reading…
Economics Newsletter – November 21, 2022
New UWES articles, a stock contest update, CPI data, and more!
…Terribly Profitable: The Economics of War Profiteering in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Written By: Isaac Brown
The geopolitical turmoil in Ukraine is a tragedy that continues to unfold. Approximately 15,000 Ukrainian civilian casualties reported by the United Nations Human commission, most of which are from indiscriminate shelling of civilian urban centers from Russian heavy artillery and rocket systems (1). Continue reading…