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Hennessy’s Index: January 2014
Out with the Old: Words primed for retirement in 2014 Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about…
2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David Macdonald
CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald gives a presentation to the government’s Standing Committee on Finance during their 2013 pre-budget consultations. 2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David…
Imagining A Moral Economy
Transition to carbon-free economy requires moral leadership “If it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit from that wreckage.” —From the…
Debt, Austerity, and Devastation
Creditors get fatter financially, their victims get thinner Like plague in the 14th century, the scourge of debt has gradually migrated from South to North.…
Working together for fairness is possible: CCPA-NS shows the way
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax, NS – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia is pleased to release our latest…
Working Together For Fairness
Download 1020.13 KB 52 pages This report critically analyzes the current Nova Scotia government’s record in five policy areas (health care, jobs and the economy,…
Depositors Beware
Cyprus-style bank “bail-ins” now also approved for Canada One of our most solidly entrenched assumptions, going back even to childhood, is that when we deposit…
SaskNotes: The Great Wall Ties Chairman Calvert’s Five-Year Plan
Employment Growth in the New Saskatchewan Download 390.61 KB5 pages Is the Wall government playing a shell game with provincial employment numbers? The government regularly…
What Price, Austerity?
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…
It Pays To Pay A Living Wage
Canadian communities are embracing “living wage” campaigns Work should lift us out of poverty. It’s a simple aspiration, an equation many of us believe in,…
Bob Allen: Global Economic History (Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture)
Bob Allen: Global Economic History — A Very Short Introduction, Clip 1 of 4 Bob Allen: Global Economic History — A Very Short Introduction, Clip…
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…
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