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Given a world stage, Harper argues for Depression economics and Cold War...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013"Wise" is not a word frequently used to describe Stephen Harper or his policies. Partisan, ideological, narrow, secretive, devious, or controlling come up more often.The...
View ArticleQuebec's economic plan: Putting jobs first?
The Quebec government recently issued its new economic policy, "Putting Jobs First". The premier and her finance minister have realized that the long-awaited acceleration of economic growth still has...
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Theatre of the Fiscally Absurd: Auditions now open to run government finances
Wednesday, October 16, 2013Have you ever considered a career on stage? Do you like to manipulate peoples' emotions to make them fear catastrophe and then worship you when you save the day? Perhaps you...
View ArticleCreating concrete solutions for youth un- and under-employment
Is this show currently playing? October 28, 2013 Youth unemployment in Ontario has hit staggering rates while tuition continues to rise. This forum aims to keep the conversation going and create...
View ArticleWho owns the university? On public institutions and private giving
In early January, the Executive of the Association of Academic Staff at the University of Alberta (AASUA) met, at her request, with the President of the University of Alberta, Indira Samarasekera.At...
View ArticleBudget 2014: Let stagnation reign
You can change the economic conversation. Chip in to rabble's donation drive today!As Canada slogs through its anemic recovery, the federal government again appears to be happy to drive down growth. In...
View ArticleMissing in action: Federal budget 2014
You can change the economic conversation. Chip in to rabble's donation drive today!Here's the first section of the budget summary and analysis I've prepared for CUPE.The full version is online on...
View ArticleWhy France's economic problems matter
I've had the good fortune to live in France for the past 10 months on a year-long sabbatical and therefore been able to witness firsthand the travails of the Socialist government as it wrestles with...
View ArticleMeasuring the effects of austerity on public services in Quebec
Quebec's government has radically reduced its spending growth because it has decided that we need to tighten our belts collectively. Since spending growth in some areas of health care and education is...
View ArticleAusterity 2.0: Kinder and gentler, but a cut is still a cut
Here in Ontario, we have glimpsed the future, and it looks a lot like Austerity 2.0.That's what Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's mandate letters set out for her cabinet last week.On the one hand, the...
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Managing the message: Brisbane G20 host stumbles
Tuesday, November 18, 2014When the G20 meetings in Brisbane, Australia broke up last weekend, the usual "time to manage the news" approach of the host government ran into some serious...
View ArticleGuess what?! There are alternatives to austerity
For the past 30 years, our governments, in collusion with the business sector, have been trying to sell us a bill of goods about how their coffers are empty, how they must cut down the size of the...
View ArticleAusterity has cost Quebec women nearly $7 billion
Exiting the financial crisis comes with a cost. For women in Quebec, the price tag has nearly reached $7 billion since 2008. And that's just part of the story...let's start with the beginning.In 2008,...
View ArticleThe MPs are back and there will be lots of noise
The House of Commons is back after a two-week recess, and the Harper government will try to make its delayed 2015 budget the focus of attention.Finance Minister Joe Oliver will deliver his first budget...
View ArticleBudget 2015: A tale of austerity past, present and future
I've been banging the drum of "slow-motion austerity" for a while and little in the 2015 federal budget suggests any change from the pattern of death by a thousand cuts. This budget is another is a...
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Who profits from austerity?
Tuesday, June 23, 2015On Saturday, London rocked to the sounds of 250,000 marchers protesting austerity in the U.K. Organized by The People's Assembly Against Austerity, the day's events (marches were...
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Welcome to a Harper recession
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Short of a miracle, Canada is officially in recession, which I predicted back in January. But this recession was wholly avoidable had Mr. Harper and his...
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Choosing austerity in Quebec and Canada: What's the price?
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.In the spring of 2013, we studied the economic trajectories of Canada and Quebec following the 2008 crisis. I decided to update the data from this previous...
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The absurdity of government austerity
Thursday, July 23, 2015Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Austerity is practiced by people on a spiritual path. It involves turning inward, seeking the source of creation within one's self. In...
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Welcome to the wacky world of collective bargaining in Nova Scotia
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Premier Stephen McNeil says Nova Scotia's 75,000 public sector workers are welcome to bargain...
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