(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

For the fifty years following the Second World War, Canada enjoyed a period of spectacular economic growth — the economy quadruple in size and the living standard of most Canadians steadily improved. However, in the years since, Canada has suffered from economic stagnation. Businesses keep closing, and Canadians find it harder to get and keep a good job. Increasingly, Canadians have relied on consumer debt to help mask the underlying problems, but for many even that temporary form of relief is no longer an option.In Stalled, Michael Hlinka explains what drove Canada's five-decade expansion and what has put us in the rut we're currently in. He also shows that there are solutions for Canada as a country and for individual Canadians, and that we can get out of the rut we're in if we start doing the things that once made us great. Stalled shows how.

Well, this was heavy. I chose this book as I am married to a Canadian and am always on the hunt for more knowledge about the country and where it has come from, where it is going etc.

I would love to say this was an easy read: it wasn't. If I had been an economics professor, I am sure this would have made far more sense to me. I guess I was hoping for a more simpler understanding of the history of Canada's economy. Also, written from a Conservative point of view, I found myself at odds with some of the theories being put forward. Those that I could understand, at least!

I think this book would have benefitted from a blurb that gave the indication that this was for serious intellectuals, economists, and the like, and probably not just for light reading.


Paul
ARH