Washington Consensus lit the fuse blowing apart the modern world
MCGARVEY: We’ve allowed market forces to replace a host of political-economic goals and considerations, and we’re far worse for it ($$)
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Tag: Inequality
How to address social inequality without an inheritance tax
Ideas about taxing, restricting or abolishing your inheritance have been floated by western social thinkers for centuries
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Why we shouldn’t worry about wealth inequality in Canada
Age and accumulated wealth account for much of the discrepancy. And that’s just normal life-cycle economics
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Why the workforce gender gap matters to business
Reducing barriers to adding women to the workforce in Canada could add $150 billion to $420 billion in GDP over 10 years (FREE)
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We need to measure basic-needs poverty, not inequality
The fundamental problem with relative measures of poverty is that they often give us results that border on absurd (FREE)
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Quest for equality must first address poverty, childcare
Too many people are one job loss, one illness, one retirement or one calamity away from disaster. We need income security
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Pay equity laws alone won’t close the gap
Canadian families need affordable, accessible child care to effectively address gender pay equity issues women face today
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Sharing the spoils in a world ruled by the few
In a future ruled by titans, plebs lose opportunities to innovate. Advancement depends on idea generation in the hands of the many rather than the few
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Stephen Harper in the rearview mirror
Calling the Harper years a particularly dark time for Canada is partisan fiction, not reality
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Charity is not enough to fight poverty, social inequality
Food banks remain a symptom of bigger problems – poverty and social inequality. We need systemic change to fix those bigger problems (FREE
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