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When I stated something very similar to a friend from Alberta, he said very confidently that the province has a very well diversified economy. I can hardly beli
by twojacobtwo 7y ago
When I stated something very similar to a friend from Alberta, he said very confidently that the province has a very well diversified economy. I can hardly believe that, but he's a highly intelligent individual and I didn't have the numbers to argue otherwise, so I let it stand without a further challenge. Since you seem to agree with my point of view on this, would you mind elaborating on how you would show that diversification was needed decades ago?
- rgbrenner 7y agoFor reference: Alberta's economy by industry: https://economicdashboard.alberta.ca/GrossDomesticProduct#type https://economicdashboard.alberta.ca/GrossDomesticProduct#ty...
- hadlock 7y agoBased on rgbrenner's link oil and gas make up a little over a quarter of Alberta's GDP
- onlyrealcuzzo 7y agoCan't they just pump up house prices and the FIRE economy even more?
- blaser-waffle 7y agoI live in Edmonton and it's a buyers market. This ain't Vancouver