Category Archives: Education

Returns to education: from a sure thing to a trip to vegas

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Paul Krugman has pointed out, here and here that the meme that most of the inequality we have been experiencing of late has much to do with differences in educational attainment is bogus.  Mankiw responds in typical fashion by changing … Continue reading →

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UBC economist Milligan throws cake at educated, unemployed youth

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

I tuned into a rebroadcast of this morning’s the CBC’s the Current while cleaning the kitchen this evening which had an unusually good documentary on the problem of youth unemployment; specifically, the problem of university undergrads in finding jobs.  As … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Economics for Everyone

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism Jim Stanford (2008), Pluto Press, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Fernwood Publishing Inc. Upon first reading Economics for Everyone I was disappointed. At the time of its … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Africans and Arabs

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

April update. This blog post was turned into a full article. Published here: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71735 ——— The way the term Arab is being thrown around these days is enough to give a person reason to pause while celebrating the victories of the … Continue reading →

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Big Lie of 2010 No. 9: We are all middle class

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

Canadians like to think of themselves as middle class. Notice the fan fare attached to the release of Hulchanski’s and co. study on the trend toward the hollowing out of the middle class. I had always thought the term “middle … Continue reading →

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The Ignoble and Noble Prizes for Economics

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

For Immediate Release The Real-World Economics Review Blog is holding polls to determine the awarding of two prizes: The Ignoble Prize for Economics , to be awarded to the three economists who contributed most to enabling the Global Financial Collapse … Continue reading →

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Sunday Morning with Cornel West

Posted on February 22, 2009 by
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I know it is ugly and self serving but I won the de-linking debate

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

The BOC thinks Canada is in a recession and this comes just two months after the US was in recession so I have to say I won.   Now the critics  will say sure you were right but you never … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Corruption, Education, liberal economic theory, Neoliberalism, Price Mechanism, Propaganda, Real Economists, unemployment | 7 Comments

The essence of socialism.

Posted on December 4, 2007 by

Travis Fast Sometimes when I find myself questioning many of my political positions (which I do every so often despite what appears here: which is the mark of a good social scientist I should add) I return to some foundational … Continue reading →

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Political Scientists are Smarter than Economists?

Posted on August 8, 2007 by

Travis Fast Now I do not know what the scores are for Canada but according to the GRE statistics reported here, it appears that in two out of the three categories political scientists have superior GRE scores relative to their cousins … Continue reading →

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