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Joseph Stiglitz

The G20 Summit's Abject Failure

Jeff Cimbalo | Posted 01.05.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Eurozone, G20 Summit, Greece, G20 Summit Cannes, g20, Imf, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Joseph Stiglitz, Italy Debt, Canada Business News
Jeff Cimbalo

If, as it appears, there is not enough money in the eurozone and probably the Union to save the euro from the Greek and Italian government assaults on its solvency, can the IMF really accomplish these bailouts on their behalf?

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Daniel Tencer

CIBC World Markets Tells Provinces To ‘Condition’ Populace For Massive Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 01.01.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Stephen Harper, Video, Joseph Stiglitz, Canada Deficit, Warren Lovely, Canada Debt, Cibc World Markets, Canada Budget Cuts, Canada Provincial Debt, Greece Debt Crisis, Canada Provincial Deficits, Jim Flaherty, Canada Austerity, Canada Business News

Canada's provincial governments "should condition their populace for deeper cuts," says a CIBC World Markets report that warns the world's slowing eco...

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David Suzuki: 'Right Now We Don't Have A Democracy'

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.18.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Occupy Montreal, Arab Spring, Joseph Stiglitz, Cbc, Slavoj Zizek, Mind the Gap, Anti-Capitalism, Occupy Canada, The Nature of Things, Corporatism, David Suzuki, Video, Canada Business News

Canada’s youth have to take to the streets to reclaim the country’s democracy and economic priorities, famed TV personality David Suzuki says. ...

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Gross National... Happiness?

Andrew Cooper | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada
Read More: Public Policy, Economics, Wealth, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Finance, Money, David Cameron, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, Happiness Public Policy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Un, Happiness, Canada News
Andrew Cooper

As a big idea, happiness needs to be taken seriously. As many civil society groups recognize, privileging happiness helps fill a missing "human" gap between the organizational objectives they are advocating and the needs of people on the ground.

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