Tag: Economics
How one company levels the pay slope of executives and workers – The Globe and Mail
Source: How one company levels the pay slope of executives and workers…
Study shows carbon-tax rebate helps lower-income earners the most – The Globe and Mail
And a recent academic study from economists Jennifer Winter, Brett Dolter and…
MMT Heaven and MMT Hell for Chinese Investment and U.S. Fiscal Spending – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Source: MMT Heaven and MMT Hell for Chinese Investment and U.S. Fiscal…
Evaluability (and Cheap Holiday Shopping)
Gives a whole new meaning to the Japanese custom of buying $50…
News – Sanders Unveils Heavy ‘Tax on Extreme Wealth’ | Heartland Institute
Source: News – Sanders Unveils Heavy ‘Tax on Extreme Wealth’ | Heartland…
‘Everything Is Not Fine’: Nobel Economist Calls on Humanity to End Obsession With GDP | Common Dreams News
Source: ‘Everything Is Not Fine’: Nobel Economist Calls on Humanity to End…
The Finance 202: The super-rich are already working to avoid Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax – The Washington Post
Source: The Finance 202: The super-rich are already working to avoid Elizabeth…
Billionaires Are Panicking Over the Growing Popularity of a Wealth Tax
Source: Billionaires Are Panicking Over the Growing Popularity of a Wealth Tax
Visualizing the Huge Disparities Between People’s Wealth Around the World
Source: Visualizing the Huge Disparities Between People’s Wealth Around the World
Visualize the Entire World’s Wealth Inequality
Source: Visualize the Entire World’s Wealth Inequality
Too much weed: Canadian cannabis producers are sitting on a mountain of inventory, and it’s making some industry watchers nervous | Financial Post
Source: Too much weed: Canadian cannabis producers are sitting on a mountain…
While economic growth continues we’ll never kick our fossil fuels habit | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian
Source: While economic growth continues we’ll never kick our fossil fuels habit…
Recycling plastic is probably not worth it, according to MIT expert – Insider
Source: Recycling plastic is probably not worth it, according to MIT expert…
Grey market cannabis sellers deeply undercutting legal market, data shows – National | Globalnews.ca
Source: Grey market cannabis sellers deeply undercutting legal market, data shows –…
Quebec to offer legal cannabis at $4.49 a gram, beating grey-market price | Globalnews.ca
Source: Quebec to offer legal cannabis at $4.49 a gram, beating grey-market…
Modern Waste is an Economic Strategy | Discard Studies
Recyclables are just disposables by another name. Source: Modern Waste is an…
Plastic bag sales in England down by a third in last year | Environment | The Guardian
5p Source: Plastic bag sales in England down by a third in…
Here is a global solution to the plastic waste crisis – and A$443 million to get it started
Plastic waste is flowing into our oceans at ever increasing rates. Only…
WeWork is a prime example of ‘counterfeit capitalism’ – Business Insider
Source: WeWork is a prime example of ‘counterfeit capitalism’ – Business Insider
Would the Liberals’ climate plan really add 31 cents to pump prices? | CBC News
Source: Would the Liberals’ climate plan really add 31 cents to pump…
Ireland joins international call for a four-day working week – Independent.ie
Source: Ireland joins international call for a four-day working week – Independent.ie
Plastic bag use down 90% in England since 5p levy | ICAEW Economia
Source: Plastic bag use down 90% in England since 5p levy |…
Greta Thunberg was right: There is an alternative to ‘eternal economic growth’: Don Pittis | CBC News
Source: Greta Thunberg was right: There is an alternative to ‘eternal economic…
Kazakhstan ends bank bailouts, writes off people’s debts instead | News | Al Jazeera
Source: Kazakhstan ends bank bailouts, writes off people’s debts instead | News…
Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation?
Source: Wouldn’t Unconditional Basic Income Just Cause Massive Inflation?
America’s Middle-Class Is Losing Ground to Canada’s – Bloomberg
In other words, the rough-and-tough U.S. approach to capitalism hasn’t delivered faster…
Economics is a failing discipline doing great harm – so let’s rethink it | Andrew Simms | Opinion | The Guardian
Source: Economics is a failing discipline doing great harm – so let’s…
Cottagers brace for ‘disastrous’ jump in electricity costs | CBC News
Source: Cottagers brace for ‘disastrous’ jump in electricity costs | CBC News
Phoenix Landlord Clears Tenants, Opens Short-Term Rental Business | Phoenix New Times
Source: Phoenix Landlord Clears Tenants, Opens Short-Term Rental Business | Phoenix New…
Red meat could be taxed like tobacco to help curb climate change – Business Insider
Source: Red meat could be taxed like tobacco to help curb climate…
Winter is coming, and so is an uncharted economic abyss: Neil Macdonald | CBC News
Source: Winter is coming, and so is an uncharted economic abyss: Neil…
The Birth of the New American Aristocracy – The Atlantic
Source: The Birth of the New American Aristocracy – The Atlantic
The tiny island with human-sized money
The Micronesian island of Yap has a famously unusual currency: hundreds of…
The Unintended Consequences Of Raising Minimum Wage To $15
Source: The Unintended Consequences Of Raising Minimum Wage To $15
Facebook’s Libra forcing China to step up plans for its own cryptocurrency, says central bank official | South China Morning Post
Source: Facebook’s Libra forcing China to step up plans for its own…
Facebook launches cryptocurrency with Visa, MasterCard, Uber, and others | Ars Technica
Source: Facebook launches cryptocurrency with Visa, MasterCard, Uber, and others | Ars…
Americans’ plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows | US news | The Guardian
Source: Americans’ plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows | US…
Seniors face foreclosure in retirement after failed reverse mortgage
Source: Seniors face foreclosure in retirement after failed reverse mortgage
Consumers love food delivery apps, but high commissions eat at restaurant owners | CBC News
Source: Consumers love food delivery apps, but high commissions eat at restaurant…
Amazon 1-day delivery is the promised “desktop replicator” that was 3D printers
Asked in /r/DAE… Example: I just received, in ~24 hours, a small…
Cryptocurrency pioneer pays $4.57 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett who once said Bitcoin was ‘probably rat poison squared’ | Financial Post
Source: Cryptocurrency pioneer pays $4.57 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett…
Mattress buy – PolySleep or Endy? PayBright 0%/0%
Anything bad to say about Paybright? A.k.a Health Services Inc? Thinking I…
Quid pro Quo II – Reducing Guns in America
TO-DO: verify calcs TO-DO: find out where the 15m figure comes from…….
Paying some piddling carbon tax will do nothing to defend us from what lies ahead: Neil Macdonald | CBC News
Source: Paying some piddling carbon tax will do nothing to defend us…
Reduce, reuse, recycle, rejected: Why Canada’s recycling industry is in crisis mode – The Globe and Mail
Source: Reduce, reuse, recycle, rejected: Why Canada’s recycling industry is in crisis…
Mines Linked to Child Labor Are Thriving in Rush for Car Batteries – Slashdot
Source: Mines Linked to Child Labor Are Thriving in Rush for Car…
‘A public relations nightmare’: Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program | CBC News
Source: ‘A public relations nightmare’: Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program…
Modern Monetary Theory gains traction in the US | World Finance
Source: Modern Monetary Theory gains traction in the US | World Finance…
