Juxtaposition
An unnamed person with some clue about economics: Pundits, Very Serious Politicians, and more have spent the past two years plus doing everything they can to make the deficit the…
economy
Stock Markets Collapse – Time to panic or a buying oppourtunity?
Ah the stock market, where everyone knows the mantra buy low and sell high. There's just one problem, if some investors are buying low there needs to be others willing…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Andrew Jackson describes the next phase of the global economic crisis: Now we face a new financial crisis, or at least a…
A rundown on Alberta’s future
So the deed is done, the U.S. has now officially been rated AA+ for an entire trading day during which the S&P took the ratings axe to many U.S. institutions.…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. - On the Nycole Turmel front: Christopher Majka cheers the fact that the NDP has managed to encourage so many more Quebeckers to see…
Sunday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Floyd Norris' column on the gap between stagnant wages and soaring corporate profits. But let's add Digby's take as to what we can expect…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Tom Mills challenges the Cons to show any job creation whatsoever as a result of their non-stop corporate tax slashing:The thing is, if corporate…
BC Votes On HST!
The year old tax is now being subjected to a vote. Even though Stephen Harper help get some provinces on with the tax I fully support the HST. It helps…
On warning signs
Shorter Jim Flaherty:Of course economic trouble elsewhere in the world will have negative consequences for Canada. But we won't let that stop us from pushing the same bad advice that's…
A conflict over ethical oil
By now anyone who follows energy, economics, or the environment has probably heard the term “ethical oil”. If you are not familiar with it; it was coined by Ezra Levant…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- No, we shouldn't be surprised that Clark-era PCs disagree with the Harper Cons given that their leader long since jumped ship as well.…
Yup
Turmell is much more fun than that boring old economy.
Juxtaposition
Kenneth Rogoff describes the type of policy needed to push developed economies out of their current slump:too many policy-makers have relied on the belief that, at the end of the…
Market Craps on Debt Ceiling Deal
Funny that shortly after the U.S. Congress passed the largest – and arguably most catastrophically stupid – deficit reduction package in history, the market promptly reacted by taking a nosedive.…
Nude Wall Street performance art ends in arrests, charges
Three artists were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Monday for participating in a site-specific performance designed to protest US and international financial institutions.
The so-called “bipartisan” agreement in the U.S…
… is only putting off the inevitable unless something more substantive can be done to alleviate the unfathomable levels of American debt. Americans are going to have to pay now…
Quebec or Bosnia : who has safer public infrastructure?
Honestly, after reading this, I think I’d take Bosnia over one of the Montreal bridges, overpasses or tunnels… What a shame. And disgrace. But look y’all, before we in the…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your long weekend.- I'll agree with pogge that Tabatha Southey's latest is well worth a read. But while it's worth recognizing the differences between the respective priorities…