Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andrew Dessler writes about the non-linear nature of the environmental effects of carbon pollution – with the result that we’re seeing cascading effects…
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Winnie Byanyima discusses the importance of cooperation and coordination in responding to a pandemic. But Michael Lee contrasts the consistent message from…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Anne Sosin and Ranu Dhillon write that it’s long past time to take the well-documented and devastating effects of long COVID into account…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Yan Wang et al. examine the feasibility of a zero COVID policy, and find that the even the development of the Omicron…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Daniel Markovits argues for a wealth tax to fund the relief and rebuilding effort needed in response to COVID-19, while Paul Mason…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne writes about the perilous future we’re leaving to future generations – as well as the hope we should draw from young…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne discusses the need for outrage about the lack of enforcement even of corporate tax obligations which have been slashed for decades.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne comments on the war being waged by Canada’s right-wing governments against workers. – Dion Rabouin writes about the product of decades…
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…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne highlights how the fight over carbon taxes fits into a broader framework of class warfare – and how the right’s climate…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jake Bittle writes about rural homelessness as a seldom-discussed issue which calls out for a strong policy response to ensure the right…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Finn writes that the Trudeau PMO’s interference on behalf of SNC-Lavalin confirms Canada’s plutocratic rule under Libs and Cons alike. And…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik and Gabrien Zucman write about the developing movement toward an economic discipline which recognizes the importance of human well-being,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jason Hickel challenges the spin that poverty and inequality are being meaningfully reduced around the world as our global economy is currently…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Paul Krugman examines the economics of a higher tax rate on extreme high-income individuals: Diamond, in work with Emmanuel Saez — one…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jeffrey Sachs writes that the fight against climate breakdown demands a concerted solution to global problem – rather than political wrangling over…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Chris Turner rightly recognizes the urgency in implementing effective policies to avert climate breakdown – though he does set the bar too low…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lana Payne offers a reminder (with reference to Lars Osberg’s new book) that extreme and growing inequality is a choice rather than…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lana Payne’s column for the Labour Day weekend comment on the role unions play in pushing for advancements for everybody. – Paul…