Median Income Boost: Productivity Dividend

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Fiscal & Economic Impact

Implementation Cost

$-15.50B CAD

Direct government spending

Projected Economic Impact

+$5.1B CAD

7 variables affected across the causal graph

Projected Return

N/A

Economic return per dollar spent

Top Cascade Effects (click to expand)

Budgetary Balance (Deficit/Surplus)+$5.8B CAD

Federal Debt (Accumulated Deficit)$699M CAD

Public Debt Charges (Interest)$28M CAD

Business Investment Growth+$0 CAD

Impact figures are simulation model outputs from the Ducklings causal engine (BFS cascade, 3-hop depth, strength-weighted edges). They represent projected effects, not real-world outcomes.

Short-term (0–2 years)

Time Horizon

Not assessed

Implementation Risk

Epoch 27

Continuum Entry

Overview

Tight labour market, credential recognition, and education investment push median household income to $76K. Chain: median_income -> canada_child_benefit (-0.2, d1) — as incomes rise, means-tested CCB claws back. Students see the automatic stabilizer in reverse.

Ducklings Simulation

This proposal is active in the Ducklings causal simulation (Epoch 27). The simulation models downstream effects using a BFS cascade engine with strength-weighted, time-delayed edges capped at 3-hop depth and ±25% per-hop limits. Cascade outputs are bounded by variable saturation thresholds.

Domain: Economic Policy | Proposal ID: 80 | Series: Continuum

How to Engage

Discuss this flightplan in the Pond forum under Economic Policy. Vote on adoption through Consensus. Adopted flightplans become projects with real-world implementation tracking.

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