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Alex Himelfarb
How to kill a zombie or the strange persistence of neoliberalism
Since the pandemic, many observers have proclaimed the death of neoliberalism—but is it really dead?
Power, profit, and the politics of inflation
The Consumer Price Index (the major measure of inflation) rose 8.1 per cent in June compared to last year—the biggest jump in almost 40 years.
Austerity is no solution for inflation
With rising inflation, it’s important to consider what governments can—and shouldn’t—do about it. Listening to the austerity hawks would do more harm than good.
Big change
Five readings to help us understand what’s needed and what it will take
Investing in Care, Not Profit
Recommendations to transform long-term care in Ontario Download 362.38 KB20 pages The evidence is clear, overwhelming and tragic: Canada has a fundamental problem providing quality…
A cure for deficit and tax phobia
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Why proportional representation is likely to produce better public policy
We are in the midst of a historic opportunity to strengthen our democracy. Our federal government has committed to making the 2015 election the last…
Basic Income
Rethinking Social Policy Download 450.69 KB 62 pages This compendium offers a wide range of considerations that any government or policy maker attempting to embed…
The Age of Austerity
Despite austerity’s failure, politicians still won’t scrap it We are living in the “Age of Austerity” – or at least so says David Cameron, the…
Going… Going… Gone?
Slowly, stealthily, progressive state is being dismantled Most Canadians, according to one poll at least, did not much like the recent federal budget, but still…
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