Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Bruenig points out that public ownership of businesses produces a number of beneficial incidental effects, including by ensuring that knowledge and…
inequality
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Giri Sivaraman and Jim Stanford challenge the right-wing dogma that unions – and unions alone among private actors – should be expected to…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Hugh MacKenzie comments on the continued need for an adult conversation about public revenue, including the importance of bringing in enough in taxes…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Osmond Chui writes that Australia is no exception to the trend of modest economic growth being entirely hoarded by the wealthiest few, while…
Tuesday Morning LInks
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – James Wilt examines how Canada lets the corporate sector get away with paying far less than a fair price for our natural…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Krugman highlights how work requirements and other barriers to social benefits serve only to needlessly increase poverty without improving employment rates. And…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ed Finn offers a reminder that Canada’s social safety net is leading to the perpetuation of poverty despite ample resources to end it.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Joel French discusses the need to move beyond merely preserving the public institutions Alberta has now, and to start building the new…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jon Stone reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s message to progressive parties that voters have had enough of being told there is no alternative to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Callahan writes about the U.S.’ billionaire-dominated political system – and why nobody should be satisfied merely with having an ideologically-agreeable set…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Richard Partington reports on new OECD data showing that wages are continuing to soar for the lucky few in the developed world while…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – James Galbraith reminds us of the danger extreme inequality poses to any social bonds – and the need for political action to counteract…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Sam Pizzigati makes the case for an effective maximum wage – and notes that the U.S.’ historical top tax brackets were based…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Stuart Heritage argues that a shared sense of morality is our best hope of ensuring that narcissism isn’t rewarded. And Paul Gleason…
Room with a View
I’ll be appearing on The View Up Here in about 20 minutes to discuss and expand on the column linked here. For those interested in a bit of light reading…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses how the Trump tax giveaway to the rich will exacerbate class and race inequality in the U.S. And David…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Don Reisinger reports on Capgemini’s latest research into the continued concentration of wealth at the extreme top end. And James Galbraith comments on…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Harry Leslie Smith reiterates his determination to make sure that new generations don’t face the poverty and deprivation that marked his childhood. And…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andray Domise discusses both the U.S.’ choice to be an intentionally safe destination for refugees, and Canada’s complicity in validating that choice and…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Ball offers a reminder that Canada’s immigration system includes the needless detention of children – and that we should be working…