On monstrous effects
One of my personal favourite villains in political theory is the "utility monster". In response to the utilitarian theory that we can simply sum up citizens' preferences to determine what…
economy
Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis a Sovereignty Crisis
Greek Parliament, Syntagma Athens – by kouk News outlets around the world have focused heavily on the so-called Greek Sovereign debt crisis this week. The proposed solution–an IMF loan package…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- John Crocker points out that the need for secure and sufficient pensions is only made all the more obvious by the abject failure of…
Hoarders: Corporate Cash Edition
One of the main issues of contention in the debate over continued corporate tax slashing has been the question of what the business sector will do with more free money.…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Janice Kennedy highlights the consequences of turning back the clock 80 years when it comes to collective bargaining rights:In the world of Stephen Harper…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Canada Day reading.- Oh, how nice it would be to be able to take pride in Dan Gardner's message about Canada's true identity:The level of civility…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrew Jackson points out and sums up a Statistics Canada study showing how much possible revenue is lost to the underground economy:Statscan have…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Yes, plenty of attention is being paid to Canada's weak ranking when it comes to innovation. But it's well worth noting that the failure…
WikiLeaks: Banking Blockade
You’ll probably want to watch this short ad about WikiLeaks. It’s “priceless”. What Does it Cost to Change the World? from WikiLeaks on Vimeo.
Deep thought
Boy, is it ever a good thing we have a stubborn, unaccountable majority government to help restore confidence in Canada's economy.
On downturns
Sure, it might seem like reason for concern that it's only the type of government spending which the Cons are determined to slash that allowed Canadians in general to somewhat…
Parliament In Review: June 15, 2011
Yes, the spring session of Parliament has come to an end. But with much less news popping up on the political scene, I'll take the opportunity to take a look…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Following up on yesterday's post, the Hill Times reports that even the first set of cuts from the Harper Cons' majority looks to have…
New column day
Here, on how the Wall government's economic strategy is resulting in Saskatchewan paying more to get less out of private-sector development.
Report: Broad Bipartisan Support For Action On Climate Change
climatechange.jpg A new report by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication shows that voters in America are concerned about global climate change, and would support...
Another financial meltdown in the U.S.?
President Obama is warning of one if the debt ceiling is not lifted. The American government will exceed its legislated debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion in August. Trillion. 14,300,000,000,000. Holy…
Koch Money Fuels AFP Misinformation Campaign On Gas Prices
Obama Gas Bill.jpg The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking their misinformation machine on the road in an attempt to convince American consumers that President Obama is causing t...
Up for debate
The NDP has released a first look at the prioritized resolutions from this weekend's #vancon2011 (PDF). And while most of them may not come as too much surprise (or appear…
Worth discussing
One of the few times when the NDP has always been able to count on pundit attention in the past has been its policy conventions, when commentators often churn out…