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Anthropocentric view ignores crucial connections
Jan 18, 2017David SuzukiIf we want to keep health costs from rising, we should focus on keeping people healthy rather than dealing with them after they're sick.
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We need to work less to live better
Jan 25, 2017David SuzukiA lot needs to be done to reform our economic systems and to address critical issues like pollution and climate change. Reducing work hours is one way to make substantial gains.
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Leduc No. 1 and Alberta's unluckiest lucky day
Feb 14, 2017David J. ClimenhagaMaybe higher oil prices will be back soon, but the realities of the market, and the realities of the biosphere, won't be changed by the ideology of capitalism.
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Democratic socialism can build an economy that works for everyone
Mar 7, 2017Duncan CameronDemocratic socialist economist Kenneth Arrow passed away recently. His ideas could set the path for a popular alternative that doesn't include Donald Trump.
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Long work hours don't work for people or the planet
May 10, 2017David SuzukiWe work the same hours as 20th century labourers, depleting Earth's resources to produce more goods that we keep working to buy, use and replace in a seemingly endless consumer...
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U.S. climate report leaves little room for doubt
Nov 7, 2017David SuzukiIt's hard to imagine anyone could read this report, or read about it, and not be convinced we have an urgent problem and failing to put everything we can into resolving it puts...
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New Year's Twitter attacks on fact-checking economists suggest UCP will make...
Jan 3, 2018David J. ClimenhagaUnited Conservative Party MLA launches social media bizarre attack on PhD economist who pointed out false claim in Jason Kenney tweet.
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The power of concentrated wealth vs. working people
Jul 12, 2018Nima MalekiThere's a particular logic of authorized power at play within most societies the world over. Wage, work and union activity are impacted by it, as shown in recent U.S. Supreme...
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Doomsayers, Chicken Littles and Conservatives get it wrong on the impact of...
Aug 16, 2018David J. ClimenhagaIt's never a good idea to get your economic news from politicians with an axe to grind. Even so, some politicians are more likely to tell you the truth than others.
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The new language of resource exploitation
Oct 3, 2018Mel WatkinsA new 800-page book, titled "Extraction Empire" and edited by Pierre Belanger, triggers ruminations on staples and extraction.
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Economists' Nobel puts spotlight on climate solutions
Oct 30, 2018David SuzukiIt's refreshing to see a major economics prize recognizing work on climate change and policies that will enable the transition to an economy powered by zero-carbon energy sources.
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'What Is Democracy': New film raises provocative questions about our...
Nov 15, 2018face2faceFilm director Astra Taylor explores the myths and truths about democracy, and the roots of the word itself. What does democracy really mean?
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'Oil and Politics' - an economist specializing in oil takes a look at the...
Dec 13, 2018rabble radioAuthor and economist John Foster takes a broader look beyond the economics of oil and explores the petroleum-related reasons for government actions in Canada and the rest of the...
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'The Good Girls' - film about Mexico, Wealth, Oppression and Power
Jan 11, 2019face2faceAlejandra Marquez Arbella, Ilse Salas and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Mexico, wealth, oppression and power, social inequalities and how the economic and the political...
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Economist Jim Stanford talks about the future of work -- during COVID-19...
Jul 10, 2020Needs No IntroductionJim Stanford's talk at the rabble members' council meeting was so good, we wanted you all to hear it. He talks about the problems with work even before the pandemic,...
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