Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Canadian Press reports on the Libs’ desire to approve massive tar sands expansions no matter how the resulting production – to…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rachel Shabi writes that UK Labour’s plans for universal social investments would be both more compassionate and more efficient than the Conservative-created tearing…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Olivia Bowden reports on new research showing that the harmful health effects of air pollution are even worse than previously known. – But…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Christopher Ingraham reports on the reality that extremely wealthy Americans are now paying lower systemic tax rates than workers. And Andrea Germanos writes…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on how the Parliamentary Budget Officer has confirmed that Canadian voters can choose substantial social and environmental progress that’s well within our means – even if the…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Martin Regg Cohn writes that Doug Ford’s brutal austerity against the people who most need social support has been based on entirely…
New column day
Here, on the bleatings from far too many corners that there’s no right time to discuss meaningful policy choices – and the federal NDP’s push to prove otherwise. For further…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Nick Falvo writes that Alberta would be far better served implementing a tax system more in line with the rest of Canada’s provinces…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mark Rice-Oxley points out the observations of the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Health as to the stress and mental illness caused by…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellanous material for your mid-week reading. – David Dayen interviews Elizabeth Warren about the role of government in ensuring that the needs of people take precedence over the power of…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne discusses why we can’t afford another Harper government – but also why we shouldn’t merely accept the Libs as the only…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Isabel Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam discuss the gap between a U.S. populace which wants to see more progressive taxes to fund improved…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Michael Mikulewicz and Tahseen Jafry discuss the responsibility wealthy countries bear for increasingly severe weather events – as well as the best…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Linda McQuaig highlights the false promise that a market aimed at enriching billionaires will somehow benefit anybody else. Chris Giles reports on the…
New column day
Here, on how RBC’s survey about continued parental funding for adult children demonstrates the need for improved social supports to assist young adults who lack the same family resources. For…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bess Levin comments on the self-serving attempts of the Davos class to shut down any call for progressive taxes. And Keith Brooks points…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford discusses the decline (PDF) of Australia’s enterprise bargaining system (and associated lack of wage growth). – Patrick Butler reports on the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nick Saul calls out Doug Ford for undermining the dignity of lower-income Ontarians through barriers and cuts to needed benefits. And the…
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…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrea Germanos discusses the problems with relying on the charity of the uber-wealthy rather than stable and sustainable public revenues to meet the…