Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course immediately precedes the annual meetings of the Canadian Economics Association in Vancouver. Thursday May 28, 9:30am – 4:30pm Simon Fraser University Downtown Campus (515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver) Free Registration! [...]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 03, 2026 by Tony Wikrent War War, El Niño, Pestilence, and Famine: The Coming Shock to Global Food Supplies Craig Tindale [via Naked Capitalism 04-27-2025] Why Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Is Not Exploding Like Trump Said It Would Murtaza Hussain, May 01, 2026 [Drop Site News] […]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 10, 2026 by Tony Wikrent Mother’s Day Heather Cox Richardson, May 10, 2026 [Letters from an American, May 9, 2026] If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. […]
She was 18 in 1966, and local president of the Beatles Fan Club, when an unexpected move east by her family uprooted her from the life she knew. Then came a chance, late-night encounter at an Ohio rest stop. A … Continue reading
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 26, 2026 by Tony Wikrent War How Iran has been studying lessons from the war in Ukraine [FT Alphaville, via The Big Picture, April 20, 2026] Military journals provide tantalising glimpses into what Tehran’s military thinks and its priorities, including drones. Tehran’s military journals reveal how closely […]
I want to spend more time writing about the baseline assumptions of our political economy. One of the worst is that people have to work to get resources. “If you don’t work, you don’t eat”. This made sense at one time, when famines were common, food and resources were scarce and predatory nobles and priests […]
Thirty years ago I knew that China would be the next “America”. The next “Britain.” The next industrial and technological hegemon. I wrote about this back in the early 2000s, at BOPNews, the Agonist and FDL. When the Chinese were let into the WTO by Bill Clinton their rise and replacement of the US became […]