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Blog Entries | January 13, 2012
Homo economicus, meet Homo sapiens
posted by David Thompson
...The vast majority of people are, well... people. Their motivations are much more complex. Recent research has refuted the lopsided and naive picture of humanity represented by Homo economicus. Interestingly, a lot of this research is taking place within the field of economics...
Tagged with: economics, fee for service, health care
Blog Entries | January 11, 2012
Are we working too much?
posted by Diana Gibson
As a province that works amongst the highest number of hours in a nation that works amongst the highest number of hours in the OECD, Alberta needs to take stock. A new report from the New Economics Foundation lays out a very bold and ambitious vision.
Tagged with: labour, work hours
Blog Entries | September 23, 2011
Sprawl means debt
posted by Diana Gibson
Edmonton's figures show that new neighbourhoods in the outskirts are going to cost the City money - a lot of money. More than they bring in - by billions of dollars.
Tagged with: development, Edmonton, sprawl
Blog Entries | June 09, 2011
If we had the evidence, we wouldn’t need an investigation!
posted by Diana Gibson
This week allegations of influence peddling by MLAs who were getting priority access for friends and family to health care services were brought to light. Stephen Duckett, formerly of health superboard infamy, mentioned in a speech that this behaviour had been a concern for him when he was chief administrator- enough of a concern that he issued a memo on it.
Tagged with: health care, healthcare, investigation, Stephen Duckett
Blog Entries | May 26, 2011
Oilpatch myths cost Albertans dearly
posted by Regan Boychuk
Alberta was blessed with trillions of dollars worth of non-renewable natural resources, but there are a variety of myths clouding the debate over how well the province’s Progressive Conservative governments have been managing that wealth on behalf of citizens.
Tagged with: energy policy, oil sands, tarsands
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