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We are on the edge of disaster without being able to situate it in the future: it is rather always already past. Maurice Blanchot. Over the last month, I admittedly got so caught up in the rhetorical swirl of the coming disaster that I woke up December 1st expecting statistical confirmation that Canada slipped into [...]
Posted by Wenonah Bradshaw under Uncategorized.
December 21st, 2008
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The asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) debacle: who is to blame? According to the National Post , it’s everybody and nobody. I find myself in unusual agreement. While I don’t wish to see likely criminals let off the hook, a better approach out of this mess is to change the rules of the game. Last August, the Canadian [...]
Posted by Wenonah Bradshaw under asset backed commercial paper.
April 9th, 2008
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Ah, the confluence of the events! The tabling of a “prudent” federal budget for uncertain times, followed a week later by news of slowing economic growth. Of course, rumors of the economy’s imminent decline may be greatly exaggerated, given January’s jobs report and trade data. But let’s carry forth with the economic accounts data. [...]
Posted by Wenonah Bradshaw under budgets, economic growth, federal budget, fiscal policy, household debt, StatCan, Uncategorized.
March 17th, 2008
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