Paper Boom: Why Real Prosperity Requires a New Approach to Canada's Economy

by Jim Stanford

At the end of the 1990s, high finance in Canada experienced an unprecedented boom: the stock market, banks, and mutual funds were are all growing at a record rate. Author Jim Stanford examines the world of high finance in this revealing book. Although the sale and purchase of financial assets grew exponentially during the nineties, the performance of the real economy was dismal by comparison. Stagnant production of real goods and services failed to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550286560
• ISBN13: 9781550286564
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.