Author Description

"Eric J. Harrison's Financial History of Alberta, 1905-1950, sheds light on the institutional, economic, and public development of the province from a financial perspective and documents many of the early financial decisions of the Alberta government, including the railway scandal, the rise of Social Credit, and the province's default in the Great Depression. This work provides historical perspective on the perennial problems facing Alberta's fiscal managers: wildly fluctuating revenues, in-migration, seemingly insatiable demands for infrastructure, high-quality public services, and resistance to taxes, while exuduing an optimistic attitude for the future." "Providing institutional, political, and social background needed to better understand current institutions, political choices, and societal biases and anxieties, this book will be required reading for present-day policy-makers, elected provincial officials, teachers, and students of public finance."--Jacket.