Posted in econ 101 on Jul 22nd, 2008
You can guess what I’d do with it: social housing.
But there are lots of other great options:
increased/improved public transit
investing in alternative energy
helping out the Cambie merchants
Readers: it’s your money! (if you’re in BC). What would you want the provincial gov’t to do with it? (and giving it back to us is an option too!)
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Posted in econ 101 on Jul 9th, 2008
Well, well, well.
It’s about bloody time Canadians refused to bend over, and fought back, nice and loud, about the iphone. Or rather, about how Rogers planned to personally bankrupt Canadians foolish enough to purchase the bright, shiny object under Rogers Rule.
So here’s what happened:
Rogers data plan was so obscene some good folks created […]
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Posted in econ 101 on Jul 8th, 2008
OK, this video from the Washington Post un-nerved me entirely.
The written journalist piece that originally accompanied the video said he’s usually pretty calm, cool collected.
Not so much, this day.
ARE WE GOING DOWN?
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Posted in econ 101 on Jun 24th, 2008
Some of you may need kleenex. This is a story of the best of the business world. It’s easy to forget that big businesses can make positive change and be a Good Thing in this old world of ours.
Consider this story. Levi Strauss got called out for one of the worst PR […]
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Posted in econ 101 on Jun 10th, 2008
Photo Credit: Madaboutasia
Maclean’s Magazine recently published an issue with the headline:
LIFE AT $200 A BARREL.
You won’t be able to eat, travel or live as you do now.
Say goodbye to the age of plenty.
And it occurred to me: I don’t really believe it.
It hasn’t
sunk
in.
I have the luxury of walking to work, and I gave up […]
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Posted in econ 101, pleasure of $, praxis on Jun 2nd, 2008
Like many of us, I’m still sorting through what role mainstream media plays in this new web 2.0 world.
I don’t watch tv anymore, really. YouTube and viddler have my attention now.
I haven’t cancelled my subscription to National Post (and here you thought I was entirely lefty. surprise!) but I rarely read it - […]
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