Raymond J. de Souza: The only economist to ever fully decipher Canada’s mass of federal-provincial transfers

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• – Thomson and Courchene challenged conventional wisdom on issues such as trade, fiscal federalism, and the role of government
• – Courchene's work on the 'Washington Consensus' and the 'Canadian consensus' has been widely acclaimed
• – de Souza's work on the 'Canadian Economic History' is a rare example of an economist fully deciphering Canada's complex system of federal-provincial transfers