This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Finn writes that the Trudeau PMO’s interference on behalf of SNC-Lavalin confirms Canada’s plutocratic rule under Libs and Cons alike. And Carole Cadwalladr and Duncan Campbell report on Facebook’s use of promised jobs to bribe its way out of the regulations
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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Eugene Robinson writes about the need to respond to climate breakdown with ambition rather than undue hesitation. Martin Wolf rightly points out that pricing alone won’t get us anywhere close to reducing carbon emissions to a sustainable level in time to avert catastrophe.
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Bruenig offers up a set of proposals to help American families toward economic security. And Andrew Jackson has some suggestions to boost Canada’s middle class: (T)op-line statistics suggest that ordinary middle-class households are seeing little or no increase in their incomes
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Marshall Shepherd writes that the U.S. is facing a true national emergency in the form of climate breakdown. And Michelle Goldberg theorizes that the unlikely election and presidency of Donald Trump may open the door to a transformative response, including the possibility
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik and Gabrien Zucman write about the developing movement toward an economic discipline which recognizes the importance of human well-being, rather than being bound by neoliberal ideology and an assumption that GDP is the only end to be pursued. –
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Patricia Cohen and Maggie Astor discuss what they perceive as the boldness of the emerging debate about taxing the wealthiest in the U.S. But John Nichols points out that even the most “radical” progressive tax plans under discussion would only restore the principles
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Iglika Ivanova discusses how British Columbia can move toward eliminating poverty in its next budget. – Patrick Maze points out the need for Saskatchewan’s education system to be able to rely on stable and sufficient funding. But Alex MacPherson notes that Scott
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Edward Luce writes about the reckless greed of the U.S.’ billionaire class which includes far too many people willing to see Donald Trump re-elected as the price of avoiding paying a fair share toward a civilized society. And Noah Smith compares a wealth
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Damian Carrington reports on new research showing that it’s possible to stop climate change in its tracks – but only by beginning to phase out fossil fuel infrastructure immediately. And Ryan Cooper comments on the problems in responding to an immediate crisis with
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Economic Policy Institute charts how government policy is exacerbating inequality in the U.S. And Sam Pizzigati discusses how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading a much-needed discussion about ensuring that wealthy people pay their fair share – and notes that the arguments against a
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Bruenig discusses how Sweden’s 70% tax rate on its top income bracket fits into an economy with high incomes along with lower inequality than the U.S. among other countries. – Roland Tanner rightfully argues that the proliferation of high turnover, low
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Assorted content to end your week. – Doreen Nicoll makes the case to reinstate the basic income plan eliminated by Doug Ford in Ontario. Danielle Kurtz examines a few of the ideas being proposed by U.S. Democrats in the lead up to the 2020 presidential campaign (including their own basic
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Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Gerard Di Trolio discusses the need for an active labour movement to respond to the contempt for collective action shared by the Libs and the Cons. And Nicole Goodkind reports on the Trump administration’s plan to deprive workers of billions in wages by
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Trevor Tombe highlights how equalization actually works – and how the bleatings of Jason Kenney, Scott Moe and other demagogues would serve only to eliminate anything worthy of the name. – Mary O’Hara rightly argues that child poverty in the UK and U.S.
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Assorted content to end your week. – Anna Bawden reports on new research from the Health Foundation showing the multiple ways in which young people face the burden of growing economic inequality. And Owen Jones points out that working-class children have borne the brunt of the UK’s financial crisis and
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Stephen McBride offers some important lessons on austerity from government responses to the 2008 economic crisis. – Zoe Drewett reports on the rising level of poverty in the UK. Andrew Jackson points out how the Libs’ measuring stick for poverty seems aimed at
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tracy Smith-Carrier comments on the importance of addressing poverty as an issue of human rights rather than charity: It is not a matter of being down on your luck or misfortunate, as if people are somehow fated to live a life of poverty.
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Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Ed Finn laments the lack of labour coverage in today’s media landscape. But David Climenhaga points out that a combination of the omission of unions from much of the media and their vilification by corporate propaganda mills hasn’t stopped an increasing number of
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Assorted content to end your week. – The Economist discusses how income and wealth inequality lead to disproportionate influence on the part of the rich: The relation between concentrated wealth and the political power of the rich is scarcely limited to political spending, or to America. The rich have many
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Krugman highlights how work requirements and other barriers to social benefits serve only to needlessly increase poverty without improving employment rates. And Patricia Cohen writes about the growing gap between soaring profits and eroding wage gains in the U.S., while Irina Ivanova
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