On warped incentives
CC offers one noteworthy takeaway from Jenni Byrne's attempt to deflect blame for the Cons' election loss:Wherein Jenni Byrne openly admits that the CPC *needs* vote splitting to stay relevant.…
Greg Fingas
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Richard Eskow summarizes the basic facts about inequality in the U.S. Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that it's impossible to fully explain or address that problem…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Heather Stewart discusses the possibility of a 20-hour work week to better distribute both work and income. And without going that far, Andrew…
On double majorities
Nathan Cullen's proposal for party representation on the Parliamentary committee reviewing electoral reform has received plenty of attention. But it might actually go much further than advertised to validate the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Robert Atkinson discusses the need for corporate tax policy to encourage economic development rather than profit-taking and share inflation. And Jim Hightower notes that…
Musical interlude
Iris - Closer To Real
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- PressProgress weighs in on the OECD's findings that Canada's income inequality is significantly worse than previously assumed. Didier Jacobs argues that our current…
New column day
Here, on how Regina City Council's embarrassing heel-dragging in response to the David Suzuki Foundation's Blue Dot Declaration on environmental rights contrasts against the spread of trade agreements with virtually…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Ben Casselman and Andrew Flowers discuss Raj Chetty's research on the U.S.' glaring lack of social mobility and fair opportunities:Children from poor families are…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Surrounded cats.
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Paul Krugman writes that we're far closer to a major energy transformation than many people realize - but that public policy decisions in the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- The Guardian's editorial board comments on the role public entrepreneurship should play in fostering economic development and avoiding bust cycles:The state’s only legitimate…
On delayed rectification
I'll largely echo David Climenhaga's take on Alberta's oil and gas royalty review (PDF). But it's well worth highlighting the difference between the two main interpretations of the review's recommendations…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Duncan Brown discusses the connection between precarious work and low productivity. And Sara Mojtehedzadeh examines how Ontario's workers' compensation system is pushing injured individuals…
Musical interlude
Greg Downey & Bo Bruce - These Hands I Hold
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Rachel Bryce, Cristina Blanco Iglesias, Ashley Pullman and Anastasia Rogova examine the effect of inequality on education in Canada. And John McMurtry comments on…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Ed Miliband offers his take on inequality and the political steps needed to combat it:(T)he terms of the case against inequality have changed.…
New column day
Here, on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal's decision (PDF) finding that the failure to provide equal child services for First Nations is a human rights breach which requires federal action…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- John Clarke discusses the challenges facing social movements trying to resist austerity and push for action on poverty in the face of mushy-middle governments…