Modern neoliberalism, of the Hayek and Friedman schools, has been defined as “capitalism with the gloves off.” Today it’s a term associated with laissez-faire capitalism, deregulation and free trade. Neoliberalism has made deep inroads into our federal body politic. Stephen Harper is a disciple. Our opposition leaders appear less neoliberal
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Political Eh-conomy: Slides on Piketty’s Capital
I spoke at an event dedicated to Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century last night in Vancouver. It was great to have a conversation about inequality, economics and politics with an overflowing, diverse crowd. There is a palatable hunger for an understanding of what is going on today and what kind of political action can generate
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Piketty Forum- Hosted by @ricochet_en @CCPA_BC @InstituteHum
A great forum- Twitter tag #PikettyForum Here was the winning tweet for the night: Increasing inequality IS capitalism functioning properly. #PikettyForum @IglikaIvanova @ricochet_en @CCPA_BC @SFUHumInstitute— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) June 26, […]
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Thomas Piketty’s real challenge was to the FT’s Rolex types | Comment is free | The Guardian
Thomas Piketty’s real challenge was to the FT’s Rolex types | Comment is free | The Guardian. If the FT’s attack on the radical economist’s ‘rising inequality’ thesis is right, then all the gross designer bling in its How To Spend It section can be morally justifiedre The adverts
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: We can’t all be workers: Putting inequality in the inequality debate
It’s easy to get confused about who is a worker and who isn’t these days. Your CEO may worker longer hours than you, not the top-hatted capitalist of the Monopoly board he. Indeed, it may seem that the leisure class of the turn of the last century has been replaced
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