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Columnists

Sep 30, 2011

A number is never just a number: In the red

Debt culture: A quick survey of the national debt load shows that whether it's household debt or credit payments, many Canadians are experiencing increasing difficulties and savings are also hurting.

Blog

Sep 29, 2011

It's time to stop giving money to the rich

Brian Topp

A spectre is haunting Europe -- and the United States. That spectre: the proposition that the time has come to stop borrowing billions of dollars every year in order to give it to rich people.

Columnists

Sep 27, 2011

Canada's new role as tax haven for the rich

Linda McQuaig

While Canada's reputation as a leading peacekeeping nation has taken a nosedive, we're punching above our weight on the international scene on a new front -- as a tax haven for the rich.

Podcast

Sep 19, 2011

Sophisticated vigilantes C.R.I.M.E. take on France over Haiti restitution

Migrant Matters

C.R.I.M.E., an international group of activists who impersonated French government officials, won't let France forget who owes the bill for much of the ensuing undemocratic havoc and horrors in Haiti.

Blog

Sep 5, 2011

Ontario student debt

Nick Falvo

Last week, the CCPA released a paper by David Macdonald and Erika Shaker entitled Under Pressure: The Impact of Rising Tuition Fees on Ontario Families.

Blog

Aug 31, 2011

Rising tuition fees: A debt sentence for Ontario families

Erika Shaker

Recently the Financial Post suggested a diet of Kraft Dinner and encouraging 13 year olds to become more entrepreneurial were elements in helping students bear the rising cost of higher education.

Blog

Aug 13, 2011

Modern Monetary Theory: What it means for Canada

Keith Newman

While Modern Monetary Theory deals with the details of monetary and fiscal matters, the implications of its analysis are much broader, especially in current political times.

Columnists

Aug 12, 2011

Financial dogma and faith without religion

Rick Salutin

You can have religion without fanaticism and dogma, and you can have fanaticism and dogma without a religion in sight. The ability to hold a deep, irrational certainty is a basic human trait.

Blog

Aug 11, 2011

Thoughts on 'Why not print money?'

Marc Lee

Once we start talking about "printing money," the danger is that misunderstandings about what money is get amplified. It is the belief that a colourful piece of paper has a certain value that matters.

Blog

Aug 11, 2011

Time for progressives to explode monetary myths

Arun DuBois

I am concerned that too many of us are willing to play in the frame, the box, the straightjacket of modern discourse about fiscal and monetary policy.

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