Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Oliver Milman reports on the warning from climate scientists that humanity has already missed the window to limit global warming to the agreed…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Umair Haque is rightly frustrated that we haven’t learned and applied obvious lessons about how to fight COVID after two years, while also…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lee Stevens writes that the coronavirus pandemic has exposed longstanding weaknesses in our social safety net which have caused large amounts of avoidable…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Eric Holthaus calls out any attempt by the uber-wealthy to paper over their profits from climate destruction with “philanthropic” donations. And David…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The L.A. Times’ editorial board comments on the need for everybody to pitch in toward a just transition which preserves a habitable planet…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Hemingway writes about the need for Canada’s federal election to include a discussion about democratizing ownership and control of our economy. Nicole…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Roberts writes about the developing recognition that we all bear responsibility for consumption emissions – though even better would be a…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on the U.S.’ long-overdue conversation about progressive taxes on extreme incomes and wealth – and the need for Canada to follow suit. For further reading…– Matthew Yglesias…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ainslie Cruickshank reports on Grand Chief Stewart Phillip’s call to prevent catastrophic climate change rather than devoting public money toward fossil fuel subsidies.…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Moscrop makes the case for a long-overdue inheritance tax in Canada: Over time, if left unchecked, capitalism facilitates the pooling of wealth…
New column day
Here, examining David Macdonald’s latest report on wealth concentration in Canada – and the availability of more ambitious solutions than what’s been on offer in most recent political debates. For…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David MacDonald studies the increasing concentration of wealth in Canada, while noting the need for wealth-based taxes (and particularly an inheritance tax)…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Noah Smith writes that public resentment toward the U.S.’ wealthiest few is based on a genuine (and justified) concern about an economic system…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sean Farrell reports on a new OECD study recommending the application of inheritance taxes to reduce wealth inequality. – And Harry Quilter-Pinner discusses…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses how the Republicans’ tax scam is designed for the sole purpose of further enriching their already-wealthy donors, while Theodoric Meyer…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Krugman rightly points out that it's to be expected that Republican establishment figures would line up behind Donald Trump since he shares their…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Mark Karlin interviews Richard Wolff about the relationship between unfettered capitalism and poverty:How is poverty an inevitable by-product of capitalism? Doesn't this make all…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Andrew Jackson discusses how large inheritance and accumulated capital lead to gross economic and social distortions:Inheritances are quite heavily concentrated among the most affluent…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Eric Reguly opines that the best way to ensure that banks (and other businesses) operate under the law is to make sure that…
Thursday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Common Dreams discusses the prevalence of inherited wealth among the U.S.’ richest individuals (as pointed out by a report by United for a…