In recent years, activist monetary policy rules responding to inflation and the level of economic activity have been advanced as a means of achieving effective output stabilization without inflation. Advocates of such policies suggest that their flexibility may yield substantial stabilization benefits while avoiding the excesses of overzealous discretionary fine-tuning such as is thought to cha...

Ontario as a small open economy has many fiscal levers and programs that could create and enhance its distinctive advantages in the North American global economies. Better tax policies and public services can encourage work, investment and more effective use of resources. In this paper, we examine expenditure and tax policies for Ontario in comparison to some other provinces and the United Stat...

Ten years of research in Ambient Intelligence have revealed that the original ideas and assertions about the way the concept should develop no longer hold and should be substantially revised. Early scenario’s in Ambient Intelligence envisioned a world in which individuals could maximally exploit personalized, context aware, wireless devices thus enabling them to become maximally productive, whi...