Umbrellas Institute

Economics

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Economics at Umbrellas examines the strategic dimensions of fiscal and monetary policy, trade architecture, and capital flows. Our analysis connects markets to governance—how economic design underpins political stability, technological development, and national power. This section interprets budgets, regulation, and growth as instruments of statecraft and structural influence.
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Economics

Alberta: Resource Riches and Federal Friction

Alberta’s wealth and identity are bound to energy—and conflict. As Ottawa’s climate push meets provincial defiance, a new battle emerges over autonomy, investment, and transition. The province’s struggle reflects Canada’s fight to balance power, prosperity, and unity.
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budget

Modernizing the Mirage:

Canada’s prosperity is increasingly built on illusion—asset inflation, cheap credit, and public spending masking weak productivity. Modernizing the Mirage examines how Western economies sustain confidence without reform, and what happens when the illusion breaks.
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