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Canada's wealth gap: Why is it off the political agenda?
The wealth gap continues to grow in Canada. Rapidly. Why does it continue to be left out of the political conversation?Canada's rapidly growing wealth gap remains off the political agenda. Why?
View ArticleIncome distribution and inequality: How the pie is sliced in B.C.
It's an interesting finding, and perhaps the start of a good trend: the share of income going to Canada's top 1 per cent has declined (Statscan release here, Globe story here). One great thing Statscan...
View ArticleNova Scotia Tax Review: Eroding tax fairness
The Nova Scotia Tax Review released this week lacks an analysis of the impact its tax changes will have on Nova Scotians. Who would benefit? A simple distributional analysis of different income groups...
View ArticleTracking the distributional impacts of B.C.'s carbon tax
A colleague of mine pointed out a relatively new paper about the distributional impacts of B.C.'s carbon tax. In my work, we look at actual energy expenditures by different household groups, and...
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A number is never just a number: Billionaires
Tuesday, December 2, 20141 There is one billionaire for every three million people in the world.2,325 Number of billionaires in the world in 2014 -- a 7 per cent increase since last year and it...
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Trickle-down economics? It's a scam, confirms OECD
Thursday, December 11, 2014No doubt the rich and powerful have been cracking up with laughter for decades over their ability to peddle "trickle-down economics" to a trusting public.But a surprisingly...
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Trickle-down economics proves to be economic growth killer
A surprisingly strong report just released by the prestigious OECD may cause the public to regard neoliberal snakeoil salesmen peddling a trickle-down scam more skeptically in the future.Trickle-down...
View ArticleThere's no silver bullet to 'solve' poverty
This post was written in response to the piece "Generosity doesn't solve poverty," which appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on December 17.Mary Agnes Welch is right when she says charity is "not...
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'Imagine something different': Obama confronts inequality in State of the...
Thursday, January 22, 2015"Imagine if we did something different."Those were just seven words out of close to 7,000 that President Barack Obama spoke during his State of the Union address. He was...
View ArticleThe downside of Canada's love affair with small business
It is not difficult to understand the motivation behind the federal NDP's decision to make a tax cut for small business a centerpiece of its pre-election policy rollout.As touted by what must be the...
View ArticleSmall business tax cuts in Canada: Been there, done that
In the prelude to the 2015 federal election, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is talking job creation in southwestern Ontario.He's promising more small business tax cuts and credits as his entry point. It's...
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A number is never just a number: The appeal of middle-class economics
Monday, February 2, 2015Like this article? Chip in to keep stories likes these coming.52%Percentage of Canadians who self-identify as middle class when asked to describe their "social and financial...
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How many Canadians don't feel financially secure? A lot.
Hennessy's Index looks at appeal of middle-class economics at a time when 90 per cent of Canadians don't feel financially secure.A number is never just a number: The appeal of middle-class economics
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View From Here 2015: Manitobans call for a renewed poverty reduction plan
Like this article? Chip in to keep stories likes these coming.To address persistent poverty in this province, community groups have outlined a plan to provide Manitobans with the tools they need for a...
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Off with their heads! Exposing the new feudalism
Friday, February 20, 2015Like this article? Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Editor's note: This piece contains explicit descriptions which may be upsetting for some readers. In the last few...
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No moving up: Time to recreate the American dream
Tuesday, March 10, 2015Robert Putnam thinks the USA can be fixed. His book, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, released this week, offers a diagnosis of what has gone wrong in his homeland. He...
View ArticleAlternative Federal Budget vs. income-splitting: Who benefits?
On March 19, we released the 2015 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) and also marked the publication's 20th anniversary. Like every year, the AFBÂ includes practical measures to improve Canadians' lives....
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Bradley Pierik on wealth, water and the marketplace
Bradley PierikBradley Pierik is an engineer who has worked for the past 10 years with water charities in developing countries. He has lived and worked in remote places around the world, shared stories...
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From the grid to energy democracy: Making the renewables transition
Tuesday, May 5, 2015When Naomi Klein spoke about her book This Changes Everything at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in September 2014, she was asked if she agrees with James Hansen's support for...
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Can we stop subsidizing executive stock options and enriching the rich?
Friday, May 22, 2015If you're a top executive at a major corporation, no need to read further; you'll know all this.But if you're an ordinary person, you may not. You've probably heard of "executive...
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