“Twenty years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed into law. At the time, advocates painted a rosy picture of booming U.S. exports creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and economic development in Mexico, which would bring the struggling country in line with its wealthier northern
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Melissa Fong: Why Bitcoins aren’t going anywhere: Drugs and Coffee
Bitcoin is going nowhere. I promise you that it won’t and I’m positive that I won’t be eating my words at a later date. I’m going to tell you why: 1) Drugs and 2) Coffee:….
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: TD;CSR. OMG No Way!
2012 was a strong year for TD, despite ongoing economic challenges and market volatility. Our total adjusted earnings were more than $7 billion dollars — up more than $600 million, or about 10 per cent, from 2011. -Colleen Johnston, Group Head and Chief Financial Officer, TD Bank Group Through a
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Russell Brand’s Politics
I want to look at a few things Russell Brand has to say – in print and on video (quotations below are from both). As Elizabeth Renzetti said in yesterday’s Globe & Mail, he’s resonating with people. But, as she also suggests, he’s not going far enough clearly enough for others
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: US government shutdown, and other fairy tales and political theatre
I’m not sure what to make of the hoopla going on in the US right now. I’m inclined to think it’s all just political theatre, as Gerald Celente calls it, designed to distract the people from the real issues – the central one being, who controls the government and the
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The deeper reasons for the “war on drugs”
There is a deeper reason for the war on drugs, which is the central reason for the policy, even outweighing profits from private prisons and seizure of property by law enforcement officers, both of which no doubt are also significant and strong motivations for keeping the “war on drugs” going.
Continue readingLeDaro: Money Can’t Buy Happiness
Ask Wild” Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey. He is a lotto winner. He wants his life back. Willie Seeley poses for a photo outside his home in Manahawkin, N.J., on Sept. 20, with the new GMC pick-up truck he bought with winnings from a Powerball jackpot he shared in August.
Continue readingLeDaro: Mike Duffy: Minimum punishment
He should walk in front of the Parliament with a sign: “I am a thief I stole money from the taxpayers.”
Continue readingThings Are Good: No Strings Attached: Giving Cash to Poor People
GiveDirectly is a charity that just gives money to poor people in Kenya. There isn’t anything complicated about the idea: it’s just straight up handing out cash with no deliverables. The NPR recently investigated the operation. Planet Money reporters David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein went to Kenya to see the
Continue readingLeDaro: Kevin O’Leary loves money – Shark Tank
Kevin O’Leary:Money,money,money,money,money,money,money,money,money,money,……………..
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Hedges’ Empire of Illusion
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.” – James Baldwin Thus begins Chris Hedges‘ Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Raising the Minimum Wage
So, the argument goes something like this: If you raise minimum wage, corporations will pay for that cost by raising prices, thereby increasing inflation, and we’ll all be poorer for it as everything gets more expensive. The problem isn’t wages, but inflation. Therefore, we should not increase minimum wage. It
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Solar Panels
By request – how well does using solar panels work? Well, it’s hard to say. I covered my roof with panels under the Ontario MicroFIT (Feed-in Tariff) program that ends next year. So far I think it’s only in Ontario, but some other provinces are thinking about it. The power I
Continue reading350 or bust: We’ve Been Lied To About The Real “Bottom Line”
Forget everything you’ve been told about economics, and learn about the “externalities” our entire economy ignores. Canadian geneticist and climate hero Dr David Suzuki explains the fallacy of conventional economics, in an interview done for the BBC. Posted by Sustainable Man: * David Suzuki.org New Economics Foundation
Continue readingLeDaro: Mike Duffy in Florida and money
I am disappointed by Harper’s Cabinet shuffle. I thought new finance minister will be Mike Duffy. He knows all about money.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau was wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to this government that’s the job for rich investors on Bay Street. According to the Conservatives in power in Ottawa and their recent proposal for social impact bonds the only people who should be making money from
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau was wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to this government that’s the job for rich investors on Bay Street. According to the Conservatives in power in Ottawa and their recent proposal for social…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau is wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to them that’s the job of rich investors on Bay Street. According to this current government and its recent announcements on social impact bonds the only people who should be making money from nonprofit organizations are financiers,
Continue readingArt Threat: The Art & Money Project
It’s no secret that money rules our lives. I think what we’re now seeing is really the final and most ruthless stage of the integration of art and creativity into the capitalist market or, in other words, the final stages of art’s subordination to money. But I think that almost
Continue reading350 or bust: Sell Your Crap. Pay Your Debts. Do What You Love.
This week’s TED Talk features Adam Baker, founder of ManVsDebt, a blog which focuses on a simple message: The first step to living a life of passion and purpose is to remove the barriers that hold you back. It sounds like good advice to me! * ManVsDebt.com
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