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How important are low tax rates when your life and career are rooted in one place? Cristobal Young challenges the idea that the wealthy are fleeing to tax havens in this week’s episode of The Inequality Podcast.
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#TaxFlight #MillionaireTax #InequalityResearch

Study finds more women opted for long-acting IUDs after B.C. made birth control free A new study finds significantly more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after British Columbia made prescription contraception free.

Cost was a major barrier for BC women accessing contraception before BC govt made it free, confirms new research.

Guess what? Cost remains a barrier to accessing many aspects of health care, including mental health services & home & community care. It doesn't have to be this way. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

How do we lead moral lives in an age of bullies? | Robert Reich In my lifetime, I have witnessed a shift from support of decency to tolerance of cruelty. Where do we go from here?

We are living in an age of bullies. Those with power are less constrained today than they have ever been in my lifetime.

The question is: how do we lead moral lives in this era? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/28/bullies-moral-lives-robert-reich

BC Society for Policy SolutionsDemocratic and electoral reform– presentation to legislative committee by Alex Hemingway, senior economist and public finance analyst at BC Policy Solutions On July 17th, senior economist Alex Hemingway provided recommendations to the provincial legislature’s Spe…

What are mini-publics and can they save democracy from waning political & social trust and growing polarization? Read more from my colleague Alex Hemingway here: bcpolicy.ca/2025/07/22/m...
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#bcpoli #cdnpoli

A wealth tax could raise half a trillion dollars for a stronger, fairer Canada New report on the effects of wealth inequality, the revenue potential of a wealth tax, counter-arguments and an outline of transformative public investments.

A federal wealth tax could raise half a trillion dollars for Canada.

Extreme wealth concentration is damaging our economy and society. Taxing the super-rich could fund transformative public investments to build a stronger, more resilient Canada.

New report: bcpolicy.ca/wealth-tax

Thrilled to be in a packed room for the relaunch of the campaign for #10aday child care in BC. Can't think of a better investment we can make as a province than the investment in quality, affordable, public early education & child care. Time for the BC government to step up the efforts.

These Reporters Aren’t Giving Up on Local News | The Tyee When three Metro Vancouver papers closed we lost our jobs. So we decided to start a news co-op.

"For a couple of weeks after the newpapers closed, I and my fellow reporters kept getting texts and DMs and emails and phone calls from readers who hadn’t yet heard but who had a great story that needed telling or a pressing problem that needed attention." #localnews thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

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When Politicians Play Doctor, People Die | The Tyee BC’s new rules on prescribed substitutes for toxic drugs open a dangerous door.

When Politicians Play Doctor, People Die. BC’s new rules on prescribed substitutes for toxic drugs open a dangerous door. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... via @thetyee.ca @kwardvancouver.bsky.social #ToxicDrugCrisis

Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries | Health Affairs Journal Private equity (PE) firms have increasingly invested in US hospitals, raising concerns about their effects on the quality of surgical care. We evaluated the impact of PE acquisition of acute care hosp...

Note to Canadians looking at privately owned hospitals as an option here - US data strongly suggests deaths among surgical patients are higher @healthAffairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggests Paper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes

Tackling the climate crisis requires tackling the inequality crisis: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accident | Catherine Pepinster Popes who take that name tend to be progressive reformers. If Trump and JD Vance think they have an ally in the Vatican, I think not, says former Tablet editor Catherine Pepinster

That Prevost has decided on Leo XIV will make Catholics think immediately of the last Leo – Leo XIII – and his 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum, which outlined workers’ rights to a fair wage, safe working conditions & the rights of workers to belong to trade unions. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Democratic employee ownership for a resilient Canadian economy To strengthen our economy, we need ideas that are both creative and tested. Democratic employee ownership is one of them.

To build a more resilient Canadian economy in the face of US threats, put workers in the driver's seat.

Michael Mackenzie, Simon Pek and I analyze the role and potential of democratic employee ownership in this moment. bcpolicy.ca/2025/05/06/r...

Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownership!

Our economy must be better for workers say @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and colleagues.

The economy can be more resilient with more democratic workplaces where workers have more control and federal legislation for Employee Ownership Trusts can help achieve this aim.
bcpolicy.ca/2025/05/06/r...

Global CEO pay increased by 50 percent since 2019, 56 times more than worker wages Average CEO pay surged by 50 percent in real terms since 2019, while average worker wages increased by just 0.9 percent.

Average global CEO pay has skyrocketed 50% since 2019 to $4.3M.

By contrast, average worker pay has risen just 0.9% over that same time period. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

What cyborg work looks like as an academic, by Robert Ghrist, a mathematician and associate dean of undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania.

The most important map you'll see today!

Jens always does a terrific job showing how election results in Canada look very different when the map represents POPULATION rather than simply GEOGRAPHY

Hey economics students: Submit a 2024-25 term paper to the Progressive Economics Forum's annual student essay contest: www.progressive-economics.ca/pef-student-.... Good recognition & a bit of $$$ for students willing to challenge the strictures of conventional free-market thought. #cdnecon #canlab

DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy Surveillance of speech by algorithm raises urgent questions about data privacy and the future of a neutral, expert public service.

DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy

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Buy Canadian should mean supporting Canadian workers not Canadian billionaires.

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This option and more cooperatives, especially for housing, would go a good distance to empower individuals.

Trump complained to Bezos before Amazon said it scrapped idea to display tariff cost Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has cozied up to President Donald Trump since the Republican won a second White House term.

Displaying sales tax separately = no problem, standard practice in the USA

Displaying tariff costs separately = "a hostile and political act" according to the Trump administration

www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/w...

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Opinion: Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownership With the U.S. government’s escalating trade war, we need to rethink and prepare to reorient Canada’s economy

While ballots are still being counted, Canada's direction is clear. The new government must act quickly to build the resilient, inclusive economy Canadians deserve. My @bcpolicy.bsky.social colleague Alex Hemingway & Simon Peck offer some bold ideas to get started. @1alexhemingway.bsky.social

Opinion: Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownership With the U.S. government’s escalating trade war, we need to rethink and prepare to reorient Canada’s economy

Want a more resilient Canadian economy? Double down on democratic employee ownership.

Putting workers in the driver's seat is essential to face down US threats and economic uncertainty.

My latest in today's Vancouver Sun with Michael Mackenzie and Simon Pek. vancouversun.com/opinion/opin...

Please vote if you're eligible and you haven't done it yet!

Once again begging Canada to bring back "I voted" stickers as a reward for surviving politics.

In the aftermath of the Vancouver massacre, grief alone will not be enough Grief and anger surrounding Saturday’s mass murder in Vancouver question the lack of support and stigma often associated with mental health issues.

"The CMHA reported in 2024 that more than half of people aged 18 to 24 in Canada who had early signs of a mental illness said cost was an obstacle to getting mental health services."

Can't afford a psych, so I see students. Insurance covers just 6 visits/year.
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