Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tim Harford discusses John Maynard Keynes' failed prediction that workers would continue to win increased leisure time over the past few decades:(I)t is…
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Carol Goar writes about the need for Canada's federal government to rethink how we view taxes. And Simon Wren-Lewis tries to explain the resilience…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Carol Goar summarizes the Institute for Research on Public Policy's review of the steps needed to rein in inequality in the long term, while…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Ian Welsh discusses the attitude of meanness underlying so much of the U.S.' political and cultural scene. - Ryan Meili and Adrienne Silnicki write…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Mason weighs in on how income and wealth inequality spill over into every corner of a person's life:It is very possible to…
Conservative Self-Delusion
These days I find I have little desire to think, let alone write, about the Harper regime. Despite the fact that we lived so long under its oppressive and toxic…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Klees notes that there’s no reason at all to think that corporatist policies labeled as “pro-growth” will do anything to help the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Don Pittis examines the Cons’ record on jobs and the economy, and reaches the inevitable conclusion that free trade bluster and corporate giveaways…
On institutional improvements
Shorter Carol Goar: When it comes to Canada Post, the only options are cuts, sell-offs or more cuts. Because who could possibly want better service which also increases public revenue?
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Carol Goar rightly criticizes Stephen Harper’s plan to deal with an apparent recession by making Canada’s economy even worse off through yet…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Dayen explains how fiscal policy intended to ensure growth for everybody is instead sending all of its benefits to the top end…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Carol Goar discusses the contrasting messages being sent to Canada’s middle class in the lead up to Canada’s federal election campaign –…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sam Becker discusses the economic harm done by growing inequality, while Alexandra Zeevalkink previews Katharine Round’s upcoming documentary on the issue. And Carol…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Justin Wolfers discusses new research showing how location has a dramatic effect on the future of young children. And it’s particularly striking that…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich discusses how outsized corporate influence in the U.S. has kept the general public from sharing in any nominal economic improvements: The…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Tavia Grant, Bill Curry and David Kennedy discuss CIBC’s analysis showing that Canadian job quality has falled to its lowest level recorded in…
On Hatred And Fear
Those of us who follow Canadian federal politics with a critical eye and mind will likely glean nothing new from Carol Goar’s article in today’s Star, yet it is nonetheless…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – 24 Hours offers a debate as to whether or not we should pursue a basic income – though it’s striking that the “con”…