Inequality-redistribution in Canada update
Two years ago I posted my first guest blog focused on income inequality, specifically how changes in Canada’s redistribution over the last three decades have increased after-tax income inequality, and…
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I’ve Got an Idea to Rescue Justin From His Slump
Unfair or not, Justin Trudeau has taken a hit in the public’s mind over his pretty clumsy trip to India. With JT et famille sporting an elaborate wardrobe of Bollywood’s…
To Decrease Emissions Germany to Offer Free Public Transit
Germans have reputation of loving to drive so it might seem a little shocking to see the nation explore free public transit. The push for free travel comes from the…
Understanding Russia, Un-Demonizing Putin
Photo by the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin obviously has his faults and has made his share of mistakes. Yet, my experiences with him, as well as what I have…
Jeremy Corbyn is about to transform the Labour party – again
Photo by Garry Knight Not many people will have noticed the news, reported on Monday morning just as Theresa May’s ill-fated reshuffle began, that Jeremy Corbyn has set up a…
Communiqué on the Situation in Catalonia
Photo by Jordi Thijsman Following the Catalan Parliament’s declaration of independence on October 27, Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias tweeted: “We are against repression and for a negotiated referendum but the…
Catalonia’s Paradox
Photo by Adam Jones October 1 has passed, closing a period of the shared history between Catalonia and the Spanish state and beginning an uncertain future. It was a day…
Stephen Clarkson: An Introduction to a special blog series
Stephen Clarkson: Political Economist with a Global Vision (1937 – 2016) Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Daniel Drache Stephen Clarkson died early in 2016 in Freiburg, Germany and Canada lost someone…
Norwegian Elections: Another Right-Wing Victory, and a Serious Labour Defeat
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg speaks on election night in Oslo, Norway, September 11, 2017 The centre-left failed in getting rid of the so-called ‘blue-blue’ government at the parliamentary elections…
Report from Germany: Merkel Clobbered While Rightists Threaten
Photo by opposition24.de The results of the German elections: Merkel and CDU/CSU clobbered, Social Democrats, clobbered, and although Merkel’s party will form a coalition and remain in power, the third…
Sunday’s French Election
Photo by Lorie Shaull The good news this May was that French voters rejected far-right Marine Le Pen by a two-to-one margin in the second round of the Presidential election.…
A Tale of Two Elections
Two extraordinarily different elections occurred last week in Europe. The first, of course, was the 2017 UK general election, which was nothing short of historic. The second, was the French…
Labour party’s plan to nationalise mail, rail and energy firms
Photo by Chatham House Jeremy Corbyn will lay out plans to take parts of Britain’s energy industry back into public ownership alongside the railways and the Royal Mail in a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Parkin writes about the growing opposition to a Lib infrastructure bank designed to turn public needs into private profits at our…
Young Europeans Find Democracy Unconvincing
When Europeans lose their taste for democracy, bad things have been known to happen. Whether it’s Hungary or Poland, both of which have authoritarian, illiberal governments, or the rise of…
“Things are serious”: Update on the French Presidential Election
Photo by Blandine Le Cain “C’est grave,” (things are serious) said the monsieur who sells me the papers every morning. A resident of Mantes-la-Jolie (a working class town at the…
Believe it’s a new French Revolution? Hold your horses
Photo by Leweb Most of the media were quick to hail a ‘New French Revolution’ following the results of the first round of voting in France’s 2017 Presidential election. Well,…
How The Europeans Are Trolling Donald Trump
When you see the way some of Europe's most respectable magazines are portraying Donald Trump, you get a pretty good idea what many Europeans think of him.For their covers couldn't…
French Socialists choose leftwing rebel Benoît Hamon for Élysée fight
Photo by Marion Germa Hamon’s trouncing of centrist Manuel Valls is damning verdict on failed presidency of pro-market François Hollande. The primary race had been a bitter and divisive fight…
Referendums and Social Movements in Italy and Europe | The Bullet No. 1340
Matteo Renzi’s recent attempt to constitutionally embed neoliberalism and simultaneously legitimize and secure his tenure as Prime Minister via a refe Source: Referendums and Social Movements in Italy and Europe…