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  1. Poverty and Inequality Commentary Archive
  2. Poverty and Inequality Commentary Archive

Poverty and Inequality Commentary Archive

Charitable giving on the wane in Atlantic Canada
By Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss | December 18, 2023
Charitable giving continues to decline in Canada
By Jake Fuss, Grady Munro | December 14, 2023
Businessmen who preach ‘corporate social responsibility’ pave the road to socialism
By Matthew Lau | September 14, 2022
COVID should make Canadians more skeptical of wealth taxes
By Philip Cross | April 6, 2022
Charitable giving on the wane in Canada
By Jake Fuss | January 12, 2022
Initiatives to equalize everyone will only result in disorder
By Matthew Lau | November 9, 2021
Higher minimum wages do not lower poverty rates
By Philip Cross | March 16, 2021
Governments could better help poor Canadians by leaving more resources in private sector
By Matthew Lau | February 1, 2021
Waning generosity in Canada hurts most vulnerable Canadians
By Jake Fuss, Nathaniel Li | December 16, 2020
Higher electricity costs disproportionality hurting southwestern Ontario
By Elmira Aliakbari, Jason Clemens | December 14, 2020
We do not need a wealth tax
By Philip Cross | October 22, 2020
Misinformation clouds reignited debate over guaranteed basic income
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios | April 28, 2020
CEO pay—when they deserve it, and when they don’t
By Vincent Geloso | January 13, 2020
Generosity in Canada reaching new lows
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | December 19, 2019
The new normal—continued economic growth, not secular stagnation
By Livio Di Matteo | September 30, 2019
Beware, budget deficits can increase inequality
By Vincent Geloso | May 14, 2019
Anti-poverty formula—high school diploma, fulltime job, no kids outside wedlock
By Christopher A. Sarlo | April 12, 2019
Global inequality—it ain’t what it used to be
By Vincent Geloso | February 13, 2019
Critics paint misleading picture of CEO-to-worker pay gap
By Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | January 3, 2019
Charitable donations in Canada continue to decline
By Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios | December 23, 2018
Wealth inequality in Canada—why worry?
By Christopher A. Sarlo | August 3, 2018
Time to rethink using the minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | June 25, 2018
Time to rethink minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool in Ontario
By Ben Eisen, Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | June 20, 2018
Poverty really isn't that hard to measure
By Christopher A. Sarlo | June 13, 2018
An unconditional basic income—a bad idea for many reasons
By Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre | May 1, 2018