Economics
Embracing Redundancy
We've all been sold a bill of goods. All the time we are told that efficiency, productivity and profitability are the most important things in the world. Heck, we've even…
Embracing Redundancy
We’ve all been sold a bill of goods. All the time we are told that efficiency, productivity and profitability are the most important things in the world. Heck, we’ve even…
Embracing Redundancy
We’ve all been sold a bill of goods. All the time we are told that efficiency, productivity and profitability are the most important things in the world. Heck, we’ve even…
Embracing Redundancy
We've all been sold a bill of goods. All the time we are told that efficiency, productivity and profitability are the most important things in the world. Heck, we've even…
Give everyone money
Following a successful petition initiative, Switzerland is set to be the first Western nation to vote on whether to implement a basic income program. The idea has various names: Basic…
A bit of wisdom from Adam Smith
In light of yesterday’s post, particularly regarding the bleak outlook for the children of the middle class (which takes for granted the bleak present of the children of the working…
BC Budget hides $100 Billion, forces citizens to shoulder debt burden
As the Liberal Government compiles the 2014 BC Budget, it is ignoring warnings of exploding capital borrowing, hiding $100 Billion in taxpayer liabilities, and forcing the province’s least fortunate citizens…
Homeless Outreach
Carmichael Outreach sent me a press release. I like to pass those along for interesting events, so here it is. {I was also tickled that a little ol’ blogger like…
Econ 101 is killing America – Salon.com
Econ 101 is killing America – Salon.com. Salon.com In the Middle Ages, people looked to the Church for certainty. In today’s complex, market-based economies, they look to the field of…
The deeper reasons for the “war on drugs”
There is a deeper reason for the war on drugs, which is the central reason for the policy, even outweighing profits from private prisons and seizure of property by law…
Mining Magnate calls for end of growth economy
Ross Beaty Read this surprising Sept. 22 Vancouver Sun guest op-ed from one of Canada’s top mining tycoons, Ross Beaty, arguing for the end of growth and a new focus…