Alberta Separatism Rears its Goofy Head
Ms Soapbox was thinking about the fog of words when she received a mass mailout letter from someone she’ll call Mr X urging her to join him and thousands of…
economy
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jonathan Malesic writes that while millennials may be facing the worst of an economy set up to push workers into precarity, the workforce…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Colin McAuliffe charts the increasing share of U.S. income going to profits and the already-wealthy. And Dani Rodrik writes about the importance…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Paul Krugman examines the economics of a higher tax rate on extreme high-income individuals: Diamond, in work with Emmanuel Saez — one…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Doreen Nicoll makes the case to reinstate the basic income plan eliminated by Doug Ford in Ontario. Danielle Kurtz examines a few of…
Dignity and Respect
Two remarkable things happened this week. One remarkably good, the other remarkably bad. Let’s start with the remarkably good. Ricardo Miranda, Alberta’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, got married to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Paul Barratt discusses the results of a roundtable addressing inequality in Australia – with plenty of lessons worth keeping in mind elsewhere:…
Wednesday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Wednesday reading. – Matt Bruenig discusses the many opportunities available to expand the reach of public ownership in the U.S.: The state can very competently own…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jeffrey Sachs writes that the fight against climate breakdown demands a concerted solution to global problem – rather than political wrangling over…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Anis Chowdhury highlights how industry-wide bargaining which avoids a race to the bottom on wages produces improved efficiency as well as a…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Josh Bivens and Heidi Shierholz examine the source of a labour market which is offering little to workers, and conclude the issue is…
The Day the Market Broke
It finally happened. Someone broke the free market and the NDP government has to fix it. Weird, eh? Albertans spent the last few weeks being whip-sawed between companies (Cenovus) who…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Stephanie Kelton, Andres Bernal and Greg Carlock highlight how a Green New Deal is entirely affordable south of the border. And Clayton Thomas-Muller…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Larry Elliott reports on another of UK Labour’s proposals to democratize the economy, this time by giving consumers some say in executive pay.…
Albertans Aren’t Feeling the Love
Last week Ms Soapbox wrote an article for CBC in which she called out the hypocrisy of the energy industry and various conservatives who want the Alberta government to impose…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katrina Miller writes that Canada’s economic future lies in developing equitable and sustainable growth, not following the U.S. in its race to…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Morris writes about the barriers between the U.S.’ working class and any hope of financial stability and security: In 1960, the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Kibasi writes that the UK’s best option in light of its impending Brexit is to develop a more active and entrepreneurial…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Guardian’s editorial board writes that stagnating and even declining life expectancies and nother indications of declining social health are the result…
12 Years Left and Over $200B to Fund
We have less than 12 years left to kick the oil bums out. The oil bums have left us with hundreds of billions of dollars in liabilities, while claiming our…