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In a special opinion to the Globe and Mail, Broadbent fellow and CUPE Senior economist Angella MacEwen highlights how "Sellers' inflation" continues to impact Canadians. "[Isabella] Weber proved that profits are an important part of the inflation story," Angella writes. "[Weber] also found that when this dynamic happens in essential sectors – such as housing, energy and food – it creates a ripple effect throughout the economy." Find out more about profit-driven inflation in the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture, delivered by Isabella Weber, at https://lnkd.in/eFmrUrxx

Last week we published "Wellness and the Working-Class" – James J. Brittain's analysis of "Wellness Spending Accounts" and their deceptive threats to ordinary Canadians. "Far from some ethics shift," the Acadia University professor writes, "WSAs are a contemporary demonstration that try to offset capital's inherent instability." Read the full article at perspectivesjournal.ca

While Canadian corporations received major tax cuts over the last six decades, almost none of that has trickled down into meaningful investment. Instead, as DT Cochrane, PhD points out, "we're seeing more of Canada's wealth filtering upwards to those who need it the least." Watch the first episode of our new series 'Progressive Political Economy' at https://lnkd.in/e4TE2Ys3

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New on Perspectives Journal: A Coherent Alternative for a Just and Equal Society? Manish Oza, assistant professor at Western University reviews "Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?" by Daniel Chandler, economist and philosopher based at the London School of Economics. Renewing a Rawlsian approach to justice and equality, and its application to public policy reform, is there potential for an alternative coherent vision for Canadian social democracy? Read the full review at perspectivesjournal.ca

"We should listen to her," writes Broadbent Policy Fellow Angella MacEwen for The Globe and Mail."[Isabella] Weber’s research has shown that price controls are an important tool in the policy tool box." Read Angella's full argument for why Canadian policymakers need to learn from the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize Recipient, Isabella Weber, on what we need to do to make everyday essentials, from gas to groceries, affordable for the working-class. Watch and listen to the policy solution she lays out at the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture at https://lnkd.in/eFmrUrxx

Last Friday, Executive Director Jennifer Hassum spoke with British writer Grace Blakeley and German economist Philippa Sigl-Glöckner at the 2024 Progressive Governance Summit in Berlin. Rewatch the "Economics Future Panel" from #PGS24 hosted by Das Progressive Zentrum at https://lnkd.in/eU5BgYxQ

"We need to ask the really important question, which is, 'productivity of what?'" Watch DT Cochrane, PhD, senior economist at the Canadian Labour Congress - Congrès du travail du Canada, dispel the myths of Canada's "productivity" crisis in the first episode of our new series 'Progressive Political Economy'. Find the full episode at https://lnkd.in/eDvrGHVJ

Last month Jeremy Withers – housing researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Department of Geography and Planning – joined the Perspectives Journal podcast to outline the rise of investor ownership and Canada's housing crisis. "When we look at the data more closely," he says, "a pattern jumps out quite immediately." Listen to the full episode at perspectivesjournal.ca