Reading Time: 6 minutes First we need to deal with our own problems, starting with the huge inequities among our Indigenous peoples
Tag: Income Inequality
The rise of Bernie Sanders’ ideas in the U.S. was inevitable
Reading Time: 3 minutes Corporate Democrats don’t seem to realize they’ve lost the trust of American people disillusioned by the lack of progress
CEO pay: when they deserve it and when they don’t
Reading Time: 3 minutes CEO pay has increased over the last decade but the increase is perfectly related to the value of their skills
Is capitalism a cure for the climate crisis?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Life in an air-conditioned bunker, drinking vodka sodas and binge-watching Netflix may not be enough to stimulate the privileged climate-change survivors
Most Canadian households are better off than U.S. counterparts
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. households not only live with higher income inequality than in Canada but more than half are worse off in terms of purchasing power
Call for equal pay for women for equal play falls flat
Reading Time: 4 minutes Let’s face it: women’s sports are second-tier entertainment, which even most women don’t support
Overstated poverty claims paint false picture
Reading Time: 3 minutes Using multiple sources of data can bring circumstances into sharper focus. That will allow us to concentrate on helping only those people who are truly in need
Financial illiteracy on the campaign trail won’t serve Sanders
Reading Time: 4 minutes The U.S. senator is using baseball to decry the inequalities that crop up in capitalism. That’s just nonsense
Budget deficits can increase social inequality
Reading Time: 3 minutes The burden of the debt financing falls on the whole population, and low-income Canadians can least afford to contribute
We’re winning the war on poverty
Reading Time: 4 minutes The proportion of households below the LICO has been falling for two decades and is now at its lowest level ever at 7.8 per cent