The Myth of Canada’s Stagnating Middle Class

by Don Boudreaux on September 28, 2016

in Myths and Fallacies, Standard of Living

The Fraser Institute today released a study that I co-authored with Fraser’s Charles Lammam, Joel Emes, and Hugh MacIntyre. It’s titled “The Myth of Middle-Class Stagnation in Canada.” The title accurately conveys the paper’s findings and conclusion: Just as American middle-class stagnation is mythical, so, too, is Canadian middle-class stagnation mythical.