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The European Debt Crisis (Part I)
Eurozone’s financial crisis is a tale of two social paradigms A social paradigm, in the context of this essay, refers to an operative theory of…
Capitalism is the Crisis (Part III)
Time to sow seeds of a better world, says Vandana Shiva British colonial rule in India led to the killing of 200 million Indians and,…
Fostering Community Economic Development with Ethical Consumption
An Experiment Using Fair Trade Coffee Download 1.36 MB31 pages This paper aims to contribute to an exploration of whether ethical consumption (purchasing commodities that…
Capitalism is the Crisis (Part II)
Corruption, corporate power, inequality must all be curbed India’s poor rural majority has benefited little from the country’s economic boom, and in fact has seen…
Crime, Punishment and Politics
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
Food for Thought
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
No More Swimming Naked
The Need for Modesty in Canadian Banking Download 978.84 KB56 pages This report, by CCPA research associate and Wilfred Laurier professor Ellen Russell, examines how banks…
Few jobs, massive emissions from oil and gas: look to green investments for stronger economy, says report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Accelerated oil and gas extraction will boost profits but won’t drive major employment gains, says a report released…
Time for an adult conversation on the fallout from the petro-boom
Thomas Mulcair’s claim that the Canadian manufacturing sector has been adversely affected by fallout from the Alberta petro-boom— through a mechanism known to economists as…
Austerity’s Discontents
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
Mexico’s middle class gaining from economic growth; Canada and the U.S. trailing
HALIFAX –– An examination of income inequality in North America reveals that Mexico is the only part of the continent where the middle class has…
Look at the other side of the petrodollar coin
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty recently spoke publicly about the problems Canada’s oil-powered currency was causing for his province’s manufacturing industry. But his words were drowned…
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