Power for the Public with Edgardo Sepulveda
Regulatory economist and consultant Edgardo Sepulveda joins the Perspectives Journal Podcast to explain what it will take to bring power back into the public interest in Alberta.
Analyzing Capitalism
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Neoliberalism’s Undead with Alex Himelfarb
Alex Himelfarb argues that neoliberalism – or “capitalism with the gloves off” – has become embedded in the fabric of Canadian government and society, and has not yet died off despite its reckoning.
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Escaping the Consulting Trap
Chris Hurl and Leah Werner reveal the consulting industry’s hand in hollowed-out public services and draw an escape plan for Western democracies hoping to emerge from consultants’ nebulous grasp.
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Profit, not price, is why we keep burning fossil fuels
Brett Christophers’ book, ‘The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet,’ argues why the energy transition can’t be left to the market.
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Private Equity and Health Care: Should Canadians be concerned?
An increasing number of health-care workers, observers and critics worry that the growing financialization of health care is inserting corporate values into treatment, raising questions about the corporate practice of medicine.
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Late-Stage Scavengers
In her new book, ‘Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom,’ Grace Blakeley retraces neoliberalism’s short- and long-history, moving beyond conventional analysis to track this peculiar variant of capitalism back centuries rather than decades.
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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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Contemporary Prospects for Social Democracy
The underlying dilemma of social democracy in the twenty-first century is that neoliberalism has failed while a coherent alternative has yet to be fully developed and embraced by most social democratic parties.
