Loading ...Facts from the Fringe – In the Land of Equilibria
Posted on March 18th, 2011 by Webmaster
Union in Politics Committee (UPC) Conference – Mobilizing For The Next Election
Posted on March 15th, 2011 by Webmaster
On the premise that an election is inevitable, Ken Lewenza and the Executive of the CAW have decided that the fate of Canada is too important to be turned over to Harper and his cronies; therefore, we in the CAW have to engage in a strategy to fend off this possibility. On the third day [...]
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An Ode to the Person Who Poured my Double-Double
Posted on March 3rd, 2011 by Webmaster
Talk about a recession-proof industry. Canadians always love their double-doubles. But an economic downturn gives us more time (and more motivation) to suck back the java. In this country, of course, Tim Horton’s is king of coffee. The company just released its annual results, testimony to the counter-cyclical resilience of Canadian coffee drinkers. Same-store sales [...]
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The Non-Simple Economics of the Minimum Wage
Posted on March 3rd, 2011 by Webmaster
Like most economics majors, I was taught early on at university that minimum wages screw up an otherwise efficiently-functioning marketplace for labour. You see, there’s a demand curve for labour, and it slopes down. There’s a supply for labour, and it slopes up. The two lines cross in the middle, at the sweet spot where [...]
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