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Patrick Grady

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PATRICK GRADY is a retired economist living in Punta Gorda, Florida. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Toronto and an A.B. from the University of Illinois. Over a long career, he worked as a central banker, public servant, and economic consultant. To keep busy in Punta Gorda, he taught economics, for a while, at Florida Southwestern State College.

Patrick has written many articles and five books on economic and fiscal issues, including The Economic Consequences of Quebec Sovereignty(Fraser Institute,1991), Dividing the House: Preparing for a Canada without Quebec (Harper Collins Canada, 1995) with Alan Freeman, and Seattle and Beyond: The WTO Millennium Round (1999) with Katie Macmillan.

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Patrick Grady One of my favorite authors is Robertson Davies. I would like to travel to the Southern Ontario Gothic world he created in his trilogies. Memories of t…moreOne of my favorite authors is Robertson Davies. I would like to travel to the Southern Ontario Gothic world he created in his trilogies. Memories of the glimpses of it I got living in Ontario can still fill me with nostalgia for a time past.(less)

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Patrick Grady I'm currently reading "The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society" by Binyamin Appelbaum to get his liberal take …moreI'm currently reading "The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society" by Binyamin Appelbaum to get his liberal take on how my fellow economists have influenced policymaking. I also read "Capitalism in America: A History" by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Woodbridge, which chronicles how capitalism built the United States into the economic powerhouse it is today. It may seem strange to the non-economist, but economics still continues to fascinate me as much in did when I first encountered Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" in high school.(less)

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	The Jade Head 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florida Dreams: All About the Amazing Rise of the Sunshine Mega-State by Patrick Grady (Goodreads Author), Jean Grady (Photographer) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Picture Tube 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Royal Canadian Jihad 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David Slater (Volume 64) (Queen’s Policy Studies Series) by Patrick Grady (Goodreads Author), Andrew Sharpe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redefining Social Security (Volume 18) (Queen’s Policy Studies Series) by Patrick Grady (Goodreads Author), Robert Howse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Approach to Seasonal Employment in the Nordic Countries: A Comparison with Canada: Final Report 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Yankee-Canuck Looks Back: One Damn Thing After Another 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economic Consequences of Quebec Sovereignty 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florida Dreams Live On Through Covid-19 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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