Wealth inequality: Going from bad to (net) worth
This week, Statistics Canada released its 2012 wealth survey (Survey of Financial Security). Two previous wealth surveys were published in 2005 and 1999 with a similar methodology.read more
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Are CEOs panicking over a new style of tax rage brewing?
Thursday, April 10, 2014It's rare that members of Canada's financial elite are so clumsy in revealing that their cage has been rattled.Seemingly out of the blue this week, the head honchos of Canada's...
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A number is never just a number: Middle-class angst
Thursday, May 1, 201447 Percentage of Canadians who self-identify as middle class. That's down from almost 70 per cent in 2002. (Source)$1,600The decline in median market household income between 2008...
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Increasing inequality and the rise of a super-rich in Canada
Thursday, May 8, 2014As Donald Sterling discovered last week, even billions of dollars can't spare you public humiliation when you're caught on tape making racist remarks.For everything else, however,...
View ArticleA new Gilded Age ahead: Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century'
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty is the economics publishing sensation of our times, especially in the United States. Currently the No. 1 seller on the U.S. Amazon website and...
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The rise of a super-rich in Canada (and increase in inequality)
An immensely rich and powerful class right here in Canada is quietly amassing ever greater wealth and power to hand down to their heirs, who will be still richer and more powerful.Increasing inequality...
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Wynne victory exposes fallacy politicians can't win proposing tax hikes for...
Thursday, June 19, 2014Please help rabble.ca stop Harper's election fraud plan. Become a monthly supporter.Kathleen Wynne broke a number of taboos last week, proving it's possible to get elected...
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A number is never just a number: Billionaires
Tuesday, December 2, 20141 There is one billionaire for every three million people in the world.2,325 Number of billionaires in the world in 2014 -- a 7 per cent increase since last year and it...
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Can we stop subsidizing executive stock options and enriching the rich?
Friday, May 22, 2015If you're a top executive at a major corporation, no need to read further; you'll know all this.But if you're an ordinary person, you may not. You've probably heard of "executive...
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It's counterintuitive, but tax the rich, not the poor
Tuesday, June 2, 2015Take some money from the wealthy, give it to the poor -- why not do it? Basic accounting suggests that another $1,000 for a student with a $10,000 yearly income puts them further...
View ArticleTax schemes of the rich and infamous
Tax schemes of the rich and infamous According to a CBC News report, a wealthy Victoria, B.C. family avoided paying tax on more than $26 million over a span of eight years.
View ArticleVoting for TFSA is a set up for future trouble
Voting for TFSA is a set up for future trouble Many Canadians say they support raising the contribution ceiling on the Tax Free Savings Account. But it is only a wealthy minority who will actually...
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Casino politics raise the stakes for U.S. elections
Thursday, October 15, 2015Chip in to keep stories like these coming."We are live at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas!" So opened the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 electoral season --...
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The Panama Papers and the box of cookies: Tracking the technology behind the...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.One of the most fascinating aspects of the Panama Papers investigation is...
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Bernie Sanders' insurgent populism has shaken the Democratic Party and it's...
Thursday, July 28, 2016Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Besides providing some powerful lines for Melania Trump's next speech,...
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