Capping Prices and Profits in the Fight for Affordability with Angella MacEwen
“Corporations in sectors where there’s three or four major players have been able to take advantage of the moment and set their prices higher.”
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A Coherent Alternative for a Just and Equal Society?
In ‘Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?,’ Daniel Chandler sets out on a contemporary alternative to the social and economic policies of the right, drawn from the work of John Rawls.
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Wellness and the Working-Class: The Artifice of Benefits under Capitalism
Wellness Spending Accounts (WSAs) first-and-foremost enhance the “bottom line” at the expense of the working-class.
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Is Canada’s Economy Facing a “Productivity” Crisis? with D.T. Cochrane
“This is serving the interests of the capitalists who have been the beneficiaries of the gains in productivity without the gains in worker purchasing power.”
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Ed Broadbent’s Vision
“Social democracy remains the form with the greatest potential, no more, no less, for liberating the creative, cooperative and compassionate possibilities of humanity and offering dignity to all.”
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La vision d’Ed Broadbent
« La social-démocratie reste, ni plus ni moins, la forme qui offre le plus grand potentiel pour libérer les possibilités créatives de concertation et de compassion de l’humanité et pour assurer la dignité à tous et à toutes. »
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Profits, Inflation and Survival in an Age of Emergencies with Isabella Weber
From gas to groceries, this lecture provides valuable context and a policy toolkit for helping ordinary Canadians through economic crisis.
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Profits, Inflation and Survival in an Age of Emergencies: Why We Need a New Paradigm – 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture
The 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by economist Isabella Weber, demonstrating how economic shocks and corporate profits have affected our affordability crisis. From gas to groceries, this lecture provides valuable context and a policy toolkit for helping ordinary Canadians through economic crisis.
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The Rise of Investor Ownership and the Housing Crisis with Jeremy Withers
According to the data, more and more new housing is being purchased without the intention of being the home that the buyer lives in.
