Professor of Economics at Dalhousie University, Author of "The Age of Increasing Inequality"
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined March 2018
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Tax the rich! There's a place to start...@LarsOsberg
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The true devastation of Israel's war on Gaza goes far beyond the immediate violence. Israel has killed over 40,000 people directly, and when including those dying from starvation, disease, and lack of healthcare, the total death toll is likely to surpass 200,000 lives, as detailed in this new commentary by Badil’s @spencerosberg.
Read here: thebadil.com/commentary/beyo…
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opini…
The Case for Amplifying Trump's Insanity, by @brianklaas open.substack.com/pub/briank…
I Knew U.S. Military Aid Would Kill Civilians and Undermine Israeli Security. So I Quit. nytimes.com/2023/11/17/opini…
who are the "we" who once "knew"?
Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True nytimes.com/2023/06/18/busin…
Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Renewing American Economic Leadership at the Brookings Institution whitehouse.gov/briefing-room… via @whitehouse
Inflation is coming down – but interest rates have nothing to do with it rabble.ca/economy/inflation-… via @rabbleca
Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel science.org/content/article/…
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Loblaw's reported profits are after expenses like marketing and executive salaries.
Net profits are only part of the price story.
The real price story is mark-up over base cost.
ALT A graph showing Loblaw Companies Limited gross mark-up. It was a bit above 30% from 2009 through 2013. It has since risen markedly, breaking 40% in 2017 and continuing to rise to more than 44% in 2019. It dipped slightly to about 43.5% in 2020, before resuming its rise, reaching 46.7% in 2022.
For years, Putin didn’t invade Ukraine. What made him finally snap in 2022? | Anatol Lieven theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Corporate profits go up by much more than inflation while wages go up by much less - so why do we hear so much about wage inflation in the media?
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There are at least two important, broader, points that are made in this excellent essay by @Volod_Ishchenko.
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This is exactly where Cabot wants to build yet another golf course. We just did a lovely hike there two weeks ago. It's a provincial park, so no, you don't need to do "extensive consultation" about whether to allow it, @TimHoustonNS. #JustSayNo Parks are not for sale! @NSNDP
ALT West Mabou Provincial Park
Whites now more likely to die from covid than Blacks: Why the pandemic shifted washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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While Pierre Poilievre complains about elites, his “no new taxes” would leave the egregiously unfair capital gains exemption in place: Workers get taxed on 100% of earnings, while elite owners get taxed at 50% when buying/selling shares! Sound fair?
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It Is a Well-Known Truth That Opponents of Democracy Don’t Want You to Have Nice Things nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opini…