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    Follow the Money: Where is Alberta's Wealth Going?
    Follow the Money: Where is Alberta's Wealth Going?
    Follow the Money: Where is Alberta's Wealth Going?
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    Follow the Money: Where is Alberta's Wealth Going?

    By Kevin Taft, Mel McMillan and Junaid Jahangir

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    Alberta’s most insightful political commentator is back with another essential book. Kevin Taft, together with economists Mel McMillan and Junaid Jahangir, follows the money to uncover why Alberta — one of the richest places on earth — still talks poor when it comes to public services.

    Do we really spend more than we can afford, more than we can sustain, on health care? On education? Why doesn’t Alberta have enough hospital beds? Why have our schools faced teacher layoffs? Why are our city streets potholed, and why are rising numbers of Alberta children living in poverty? Where is all our wealth going?Follow the Money uncovers the truth behind the government’s austerity slogans and cutbacks. The hard-hitting evidence of Follow the Money challenges Albertans to rethink the past and remake the future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrush Education
    Release dateJan 18, 2012
    ISBN9781550594362
    Follow the Money: Where is Alberta's Wealth Going?
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    Kevin Taft

    Kevin Taft, PhD, has spent most of his career working on public policy in government, in the non-profit sector, and in private practice. He served three terms as an MLA in the Alberta legislature, including almost five years as Leader of the Opposition. He has a PhD in business.

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