A Response To The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson
A “dream palace,” The Globe and Mail’s Jeffrey Simpson calls it. Inside that dream palace, the First Nations allegedly live in a fairytale land of sovereignty, respect and healthy relations…
economy
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Justin Fox questions whether traditional studies tracking the distribution of wealth by quintiles do much good when the most obvious economic faultline is…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ian Welsh discusses the nature of prosperity – and the illusion that it means nothing more than increased economic activity: All other things…
Valentine’s Day’s Dirty Chocolate Secret
While you’re stocking up on chocolate, as the stores fill with it for Easter and Valentine’s Day, consider only treating yourself and others if the candy is labeled Fair-Trade. Fair-Trade…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David MacDonald studies the effect of the Cons’ income-splitting scheme, and finds that it’s oriented purely toward funnelling money toward the top…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Pierre Brochu and David Green study the effect of minimum wage rates, and find a connection between a higher minimum wage and…
Why invest in the stock market?
After the dot bomb blow out of the early 2000s many people swore off ever investing in stocks. And despite history showing that the capital markets represent the best way…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Erika Shaker rightly questions why government policy toward business is based on a level of permissiveness which we’d recognize as utter madness…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Graeme Wearden reports on Oxfam’s latest study on inequality and the outsized political influence of the wealthy few: The Oxfam report found that…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Leo Panitch reminds us that the term “reform” was once understood to represent efforts to bolster the public interest against unbridled market…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bill Kerry writes that extreme inequality serves to reinforce itself – and points out what needs to be done to counter the temptation…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Robert Reich (via GlenInCA) points out the connection between a strong middle class and curbs on corporate excesses – with may go a…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star’s editorial board sees Canada’s woeful job numbers as a signal that it’s time for some economic management in the interests of…
2014 The year of spending, saving or paying down debt?
Polling indicates that the number one issue for Canadians is paying down debt, (STORY HERE). While it was the choice of only 16% of respondents, if you add in the…
2014 The year of spending, saving or paying down debt?
Polling indicates that the number one issue for Canadians is paying down debt, (STORY HERE). While it was the choice of only 16% of respondents, if you add in the…
2014 The year of spending, saving or paying down debt?
Polling indicates that the number one issue for Canadians is paying down debt, (STORY HERE). While it was the choice of only 16% of respondents, if you add in the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your weekend. – Paul Luke comments on the general stratification of workers into three groups: professionals facing extended hours and stress at a single job,…
On consistent preferences
Stephen Gordon (among others) took the time to point out that Jim Flaherty’s attacks on the Bank of Canada are both unwise in general, and wrong in terms of economic…
The difference between TFSAs and RRSPs
I recently gave a quick review of David Chilton's new book, 'The Wealthy Barber Returns'. My recommendation for people struggling financially was summed up in three simple words, READ THE…
The difference between TFSAs and RRSPs
I recently gave a quick review of David Chilton’s new book, ‘The Wealthy Barber Returns’. My recommendation for people struggling financially was summed up in three simple words, READ THE…