Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Joseph Stiglitz discusses how entrenched inequality and unearned income hurt the economy for everybody:We used to think of there being a trade-off: we could…
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Henning Meyer interviews Tony Atkinson about the readily-available options to combat inequality - with the first step being to make sure people actually have…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Owen Jones discusses the importance of the labour movement in ensuring that workers can get ahead in life, rather than drowning in debt:Nights…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading.- David Korten writes that despite the trend of the past few decades, there's nothing inevitable about international agreements inevitably favouring capital over citizens rather…
Ten things to know about the 2016-17 Alberta budget
Over at the web site of the Calgary Homeless Foundation, I have a blog post titled: “Ten things to know about the 2016-17 Alberta budget.” The link to the post…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Harry Leslie Smith writes about how an increasingly polarized city such as London excludes a large number of its citizens from meaningful social…
Appearance of profit, when there is none
BC Hydro has been announcing profits each year and that enables it to pay a dividend to the province, although it has to borrow the money to make the transfer.…
Erik Andersen on BC Hydro debt
This devastating information from Erik Andersen, an economist and widely recognized expert on government and Crown Corporation financing:You will note the unbelievable increase in BC Hydro's debt since Christy Clark…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Miles Corak argues for a "second-chance" society to make up for the damaging effects of inequality - though I'd argue that while he has…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Karl Nerenberg weighs in on the Libs' choice to direct billions of dollars toward higher-income individuals, rather than working to help Canadians who need…
Going Off-Grid
Off-grid, self-reliant living is a rapidly growing phenomenon and popular movement – so popular that there is now a cable TV show devoted to it, called something like, Off-Grid House…
Give a thought to Alberta’s approaching budget day: there’s little to gain and plenty to lose from ‘debt free’ government
PHOTOS: Former premier Ralph Klein, now elevated to sainthood by the neoliberal cargo cult, celebrating the retirement of Alberta’s debt in 2004, never mind the mess the infrastructure was in.…
Farrell with Jessop, CFAX1070 August 13, 2015
The audio file below is a recording of my time with Ian Jessop August 13. We talk about bcIMC, provincial debt and other matters. Your browser does not support this…
Saturday Morning Links
Asorted content for your weekend reading. – Ezra Klein talks to Bernie Sanders about how to build a more fair economy in the U.S. and around the globe. And Lynn…
IMF Demands Debt Relief for Greece
In a rather surprising turn of events today, the IMF has released a statement demanding debt relief for Greece. This vindicates Varoufakis’ position that Greek debt was unsustainable, positions the…
A Soft Coup in Greece
Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, debt, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
How Europe Played Greece
How Europe Played Greece. Filed under: Greece Tagged: Austerity, debt, Eurozone Crisis, Greece
Illegal, Illegitimate, Odious and Unsustainable Debt – Transform Network
Illegal, Illegitimate, Odious and Unsustainable Debt – Transform Network. Given the resounding victory for the ‘No’ campaign in the Greek referendum, it is of interest to take a look at…
Horgan speaks to the Premier
Hansard, May 28, 2015 The notion of a Debt-free British Columbia — hard to imagine when you’ve seen $135-billion increase in debt and contractual obligations under the B.C. Liberal watch.…
Farrell and Jessop on CFAX1070
The audio file below is a recording of my time with Ian Jessop May 26. We talk about credit rating agencies, provincial debt, contractual obligations, resource taxation and transit funding…