Lars Osberg

Professor of Economics at Dalhousie University, Author of "The Age of Increasing Inequality"

[Molly E Hurd @molly_hurd]

Tax the rich! There's a place to start...@LarsOsberg
https://t.co/4fAtxZczjJ

[Badil | The Alternative Policy Institute @Badilmedia]

The true devastation of Israel's war on Gaza goes far beyond the immediate violence. Israel has killed over 40,000 people directly, and when including those dying from starvation, disease, and lack of healthcare, the total death toll is likely to surpass 200,000 lives, as detailed in this new commentary by Badil’s @spencerosberg.

Read here: https://t.co/6hs8UPRrQp

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://t.co/bEHhzhdNVr

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The Case for Amplifying Trump's Insanity, by @brianklaas https://t.co/Yz59QhE6x0

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I Knew U.S. Military Aid Would Kill Civilians and Undermine Israeli Security. So I Quit. https://t.co/CHCX1cM5s1

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@theJagmeetSingh has written a letter to the Prime Minister asking for an urgent meeting to discuss a ceasefire and an end to the suffering. Add your name to put the pressure on: https://t.co/Y95jjpvjZw

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How ‘Breaking Bad’ Explains America https://t.co/ZAyk9IjIsi

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who are the "we" who once "knew"?

Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True https://t.co/ej6GgctHXu

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The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors https://t.co/ILGHzqp1qd

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Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Renewing American Economic Leadership at the Brookings Institution https://t.co/Nj1vr2O7BL via @whitehouse

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Inflation is coming down – but interest rates have nothing to do with it https://t.co/EFrgHSYWQu via @rabbleca

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Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel https://t.co/wEFolE5VJR

[DT Cochrane @DTCochrane]

Loblaw's reported profits are after expenses like marketing and executive salaries.

Net profits are only part of the price story.

The real price story is mark-up over base cost.

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For years, Putin didn’t invade Ukraine. What made him finally snap in 2022? | Anatol Lieven https://t.co/7htpgDKJT0

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Corporate profits go up by much more than inflation while wages go up by much less - so why do we hear so much about wage inflation in the media?

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@ojblanchard1 Post-Keynesians have been saying this for some time. Distributional conflict is worse because Covid19 has been a negative productivity shock, so there is less total output available to share.

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

There are at least two important, broader, points that are made in this excellent essay by @Volod_Ishchenko.
https://t.co/bF10x3sEZ9

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‘Elites Are Making Choices That Are Not Good News’ https://t.co/7kEzL9Piny

[Molly E Hurd @molly_hurd]

This is exactly where Cabot wants to build yet another golf course. We just did a lovely hike there two weeks ago. It's a provincial park, so no, you don't need to do "extensive consultation" about whether to allow it, @TimHoustonNS. #JustSayNo Parks are not for sale! @NSNDP

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Whites now more likely to die from covid than Blacks: Why the pandemic shifted https://t.co/XnMmqDEoqL