Category Archives: Economics

Food Sensitivity

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Yaacov

The CBC has an article about how the closure of the Confederation Bridge for two days led to food shortages in PEI supermarkets. Just a quick reminder about how sensitive our current food system can be to disruptions in transportation … Continue reading →

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Do The Math

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Yaacov

I attended the Waterloo Region Food Summit keynote last night and learned quite a bit about food banks and farmers. One speaker was from The Stop, a food bank  in Toronto and she talked about a new campaign to make … Continue reading →

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Collecting Food Stamps

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Yaacov

Research in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine estimates that 50% of American children and 90% of black American children will use food stamps during their childhood, in part due to the current economic problems in … Continue reading →

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How Much Bank Should A Big Bank Be?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Yaacov

Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the IMF, has a piece in the New York Times arguing that large banks should be broken up.

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Forget Shorter Showers

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Yaacov

So you recycle, you turn the lights off when you leave the room, you compost, you don’t idle your car and you take shorter showers. If everyone follows your example, would that fix the environmental problems of the world? Derrick … Continue reading →

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