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And how do we build a better one ...
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Angella MacEwen

April 2023

March 2023

Money, food, and gross profits
Grocery store magnates claim they aren't profiteering, but what does that mean?
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Angella MacEwen
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February 2023

What are "Employee Ownership Trusts"?
A coalition is pushing for federal legislation on Employee Ownership Trusts as a progressive solution for aging business owners. Is it though?
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Angella MacEwen
Global economic outlook more optimistic
What does that mean for Canada's outlook?
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Angella MacEwen

January 2023

Not all industrial policy is created equal.
Responding to the poly-crisis will require coherent and coordinated planning. Whether or not we're successful will depend on our assumptions about how…
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Angella MacEwen
On Recessions and Soft Landings
Economic forecasters are predicting low to zero economic growth for Canada (and the world) in 2023. What does that mean for us?
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Angella MacEwen
Pierre Poilievre is wrong about inflation
As economists' understanding of inflation as an outcome of social conflict is becoming more widespread, the Leader of the Opposition's answers to it are…
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Angella MacEwen
How worried should we be about household debt?
Canadian households carry a lot of debt, on average. How vulnerable are we to higher interest rates as an economic slow-down looms on the horizon?
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Angella MacEwen
Inflation and class conflict
The CEOs are winning, macroeconomists are noticing?
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Angella MacEwen
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December 2022

Links and things
Taxes, money and banking, climate hope amid catastrophe, and labour market dynamics.
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Angella MacEwen
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