Steve Keen has led the way in the assault of neoclassical economic theory, the model that has caused so much economic, social, and political havoc since at least the 70's…
Pension envy grows as boomers retire Here we go again. Instead of acknowledging how unfairly to varying degrees workers in the private sector are frequently treated by their employers, how…
Europe Agrees to Basics of Plan to Resolve Euro Crisis - NYTimes.com This does little for real people. When the EU talks about saving the economy, they really mean of…
Where good politics meets good policy :Dan Gardner's column in the citizen today. I can count on one finger "good policies" from the Harper Regime, and that finger shakes when…
George at his most prescient, ranting best. How he would have loved the occupy movement.
Just about all of the pco seats won in the recent election are in rural ON, and all of those elected seem to be white. How representative of the people…
Naomi Klein is dead right about our suspicion that we can never imagine our way outside of capitalism since we have been ideologically inscribed in it unconsciously for time immemorial…
Out of Equilibriam from Jim Sadlemyer on Vimeo.
Voting system affects outcome, simulation finds - Ottawa - CBC News This experiment is fascinat...
#BigMedia 's search for coherence, for an articulated purpose or clearly enunciated demand, for the "real meaning" of the #occupy movement is amusing if not characteristic. ("What do they want?"…
Global News | Interactive map: 'Occupy Wall Street' events taking place across Canada on Saturday "Occupy Wall Street" events across Canada are continuing the movement that began with a small…
Alberta Energy Minister Ron Liepert says that those of us who object to the building of the #KeystoneXL are lying. A pretty strong accusation for a government minister no doubt…
Powerful, precise, and comprehensive:
We should be grateful to the occupy wall street folks who may just have started the non-violent socio-economic revolution for which we've all been waiting. The democratic character of this…
Great column from Jeffrey Simpson this morning on the propagandistic opportunism of the Harper Regime: Let's Not Exalt the Folly of 1812. PBS is also broadcasting a documentary on October…
U.S. Oil Production a Threat to Canadian Oil Industry So let's say the U.S. becomes relatively oil self-sufficient by 2017, as some argue, and let's say that self-sufficiency does not…
http://goo.gl/CXd0Y Bernake would seem to get it: laying off government employees creates more unemployment. He also knows that any budget deficit should be constricted over a longer term, that cutting…
HIGHLIGHTS Click to Enlarge 37.8% LPO 30.6% PC 22.7% NDP 7.3% Green 1.6% other Direction of province (Ontario):59% right direction 41% wrong direction Direction of provincial government (Ontario):53% right direction…
The Harper Regime is in the process of implementing some severe fiscal austerity measures. But does slashing spending and reducing deficits, as the advocates of such a policy claim, really…
On the basis of this week alone, progressives are in for either four or, some have said, twenty years of soulful weeping. It's downright despairing. I mean what's the use…
