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The Age of Austerity

Posted by himelfarb on January 24, 2013 · 74 Comments

Notes: Keynote talk, CCPA Post-Austerity session, Toronto, January 9, 2013 We are living in the “Age of Austerity” or at least so says David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister. He made this announcement in 2009 at the Conservative convention just before becoming prime minister. This meant, he explained, that he would have to fix the … Continue reading →

Filed under Adapting health and social architecture, Harnessing the global economy, Improving public institutions, Post featured on front page · Tagged with austerity, David Cameron, IMF, Jim Stanford, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman

The mean test: how we measure success

Posted by himelfarb on January 3, 2013 · 47 Comments

How to measure success.

Filed under Accommodating religion, diversity and common citizenship, Adapting health and social architecture, Post featured on front page · Tagged with Chief Theresa Spence, David Suzuki, GDP, Gross National Happiness, Idle No More, migrant workers, punitive crime policy, refugees, Roy Romanow, Stephen Lewis, trickle-down meanness

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