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Senior economist @canadianlabour.bsky.social supporting workers fighting for a fair, sustainable economy. Trans rights are human rights. No one earns a billion dollars.
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Alberta needs forward-thinking ideas about how to develop the province’s economy for the future. Danielle Smith’s approach assumes the only thing Albertans can do is extract and export fossil fuels. @dtcochrane.bsky.social

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Canadian oil & gas cos. “have paid out $41 billion more to the owners of their debt and equity than they paid workers.” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

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We have a minimum wage. We need a wealth maximum.

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Billionaire nepobabies should never be given the spotlight unless it’s because they’re disavowing the unearned extreme wealth of their parents.

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What is the current value of Trump Coins in percentage points of tariff exemption?

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One of the main messages took from Seth’s book was that people were willing to sacrifice—eager, even—but they needed to feel the sacrifice was fair. Those that have more to give must give more.

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Contrast Ta-Nehisi Coates and Matt Yglesias. One identifies with the victims of fascism. The other identifies with the perpetrators. Choose your public intellectuals wisely.

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When you think you’re the billionaire real estate mogul in the negotiation but really you’re the poor general contractor.

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Hey, nurses? Does your education mean you don’t have to do productive things with your hands? I suspect I know the answer, but apparently some people are confused.

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Tech oligarchs want data construction under their control because public knowledge undermines their power.

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Centrists capitulate to fascists so quickly. Yglesias is implicitly saying everyone rounded up by Trump deserved it. And he believes he won’t be a victim because he’s the right kind of person. Utterly craven.

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Small can be beautiful. And so can big. There is no universally optimal scale of production.

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Hey, nurses? Does your education mean you don’t have to do productive things with your hands? I suspect I know the answer, but apparently some people are confused.

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Prison should never be a business. It should not be done for profit.

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Power does not explain. Power needs to be explained.

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“Got a Vonnegut punch for your Atlas shrugs.” Always more to discover in RTJ. youtu.be/32hUIGnMpOY?...

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“The tax cuts will more than pay for themselves” is the new “the budget will balance itself.” Magical thinking that is somehow still considered fiscally responsible.

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Why do I suspect this is to reduce headcount and not to facilitate the promotion of junior scholars?

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The big three grocers in Canada made $11.7B in PROFITS in the past two years. We could just take their profits and build a bullet train with it!

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Laffer curve nonsense and creative accounting shell games are apparently fiscally responsible.

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The Conservative plan claims that tax cuts for the richest 0.13% will actually INCREASE revenue. This nonsense has been disproved again and again and again.

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These startups did so to attack and undermine regulations. Their destructive gains need to be rolled back. AI’s strategy should be stopped before it starts.

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There are collaborators and dissenters in every locale of the fascist take-over. We have to support the dissenters any way we can. Especially whistleblowers.

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How hard is it to understand that you compliment people on things they have done. I like those earrings. That’s a great suit. Your outfit really works. And don’t be horny about. Just be a normal person.

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The game is rigged by and for the ultra-wealthy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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If you are obsessed with other people’s genitals, you are a giant creep and I don’t care what you think about anything.

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It is a good thing fascist movements are always incredibly incompetent. They’ll still do incredible damage before being stopped.

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You definitely want to hear Tay Zonday’s opinions. It is clear that he has thought deeply about his experience of vitality. His second episode of 16th Minute is incredible.

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I obviously knew about Tay Zonday, the viral star. But, holy hell, I was not prepared for the awesomeness of Adam Bahner—the person behind Tay Zonday! Thank you @jamieloftus.bsky.social and Sixteenth Minute! www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

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An equilibrium-centred analytical framework is not appropriate for analyzing a far-from-equilibrium system.

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New from me: Governments need to get creative to protect workers from Trump’s tariffs. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

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Canada just saw the worst March for full-time job losses, outside of the pandemic. Our senior economist, @dtcochrane.bsky.social, breaks down why Trump’s tariffs are driving job precarity and why the federal government must act now. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

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New from me: Governments need to get creative to protect workers from Trump’s tariffs. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

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European car executives never miss a chance to denounce climate regulation, even when it's well known China ALSO imposed such rules on its own industry. No guys, it was your complacent asses.

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