Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy is a Canadian economics teacher and writer. She holds an M.Sc. in Commerce from HEC Montréal, with a specialization in applied Economics and a thesis on the federal budget deficit. Elgrably-Lévy is primarily interested by the evaluation of public policy.
Career Elgrably-Lévy is a full-time lecturer at HEC Montréal since 1992. She also taught economics for several years at the University of Montreal and at UQAM. She is a Senior Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute. She is the author of La face cachée des politiques publiques, published in 2006 by Les Éditions Logiques. Elgrably-Lévy produced a Quebec adaptation of the 6th edition of Microeconomics by Pyndick and Rubinfeld. She is also a columnist for Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec. In 2008, she worked as a Senior Economist at the Fraser Institute. One of Elgrably-Levy paper on the minimum wage was criticized by Sylvain Sauvé over ideological neutrality.L'IEDM et le débat sur le salaire minimum, Le Devoir
Positions and controversies In her chronicles, Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy questions global warming and defends the climate skeptics which, according to her, of the ambient dogmatism: "Environmentalism has become the religion of 21st Century! As it is impossible to make scientific predictions, you must have faith and never question dogmas.”«La terre se rechauffe, restons-calme», Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal, 19/04/2007
Regarding the distribution of income, Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy accused Statistics Canada of publishing "tendentious information" which, according to her, underestimates the income of poor Canadian families, in order to justify redistribution policies. The deputy chief statistician of Canada, Richard Barnabé, replied that she was wrong: the study she had criticized reports on all the sources of income of the families.«On réagit à Statistique Canada», Journal de Montréal, 12/05/2008
She condemns subsidies to artists and cultural enterprises, saying: "There are only two reasons why an artist lives in poverty. The first is that his talent may not be in demand. The second is that he may simply be devoid of talent. In either case, the public is not willing to spend its money on the purchase of the cultural product offered. So, why put taxpayers' money into it?"«Non au mécénat public», Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal, 05/05/2011
She also denounces the political orientations of the unions,«Corruption électorale», Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal, 21/04/2011 incentive campaigns to encourage voters to vote«Pollution électorale», Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal, 14/04/2011 She denounces student associations that reject tuition fees,«L'incohérence des étudiants», 24/03/2011 the principle of pay-as-you-go retirement,«De bons conseils», 24/02/2011 and the labor code. References
External links Montreal Economic Institute Fraser Institute HEC Montréal Journal de Montréal