NEW CAMPAIGN: We’re launching a movement to #TaxtheRich. Too many of us have lost jobs/taken pay cuts, but a handful of us have earned record-breaking profits. We need everyone to pay their fair share now more than ever. Share this & join the fight here: buff.ly/3aWlCYq

New article from the #Seshat project on estimating agricultural productivity in past societies. Methodology is still new and can be improved, so comments and suggestions welcome! But the results are quite interesting. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/NHF85PJ…

Thrilled to join so many allies working towards tax fairness and a robust, just recovery. "There has never been a better or more important time to #TaxTheRich: broadbentinstitute.ca/tax_the_rich#p…

Great work by Greenpeace Canada unpacking link btwn tax fairness, inequality, and #climatechange - and how #JustRecovery needs to address them all. Support a #WealthTax today: act.gp/2Hxxqp6 #TaxTheRich

Excellent report by Alex Hemingway and great timing, with hundreds talking about this issue at the Broadbent Institute Progress Summit happening now!

my pal @jilldluo just blogged about taking messy raw data on European conflicts, cleaning it up, combining it with other info in the Seshat, and how much cool stuff you can learn from the process. #Cliodynamics and history by numbers FTW!!! seshatdatabank.info/cleaning-histo…

Après le report des compressions budgétaires à 2023, nous avons écrit une lettre ouverte au GouvduQuébec avec nos partenaires de la coalition. Alors que les inégalités de revenus se sont creusées, nous demandons : qui va payer pour la reprise économique? institutbroadbent.ca/la_conversatio…

.Chrystia Freeland has been talking about growing income inequality in Canada for almost 20 years. But little has been done to end the income gap between the very rich and poor since she took office. We’re asking her to step up, and walk the talk. #TaxtheRich

Broadbent Institute Chrystia Freeland C4TF wholeheartedly backs the call for Minister Chrystia Freeland to create a wealth tax, put in an excess pandemic profits tax, and close tax loopholes. Budget 2021 is a great time to get that money circulating back into the wider economy. #TaxtheRich

In Minister Freeland’s own words: “We’re living in an age of surging income inequality.” Yep - we sure are. So what are you doing about it Chrystia Freeland? #TaxtheRich Broadbent Institute Canadians for Tax Fairness CUPE National Greenpeace Canada Leadnow ACORN Canada United Steelworkers Oxfam-Québec @policyalternatives

'a #wealthtax would be the simplest, fairest and most effective way to collect billions of extra dollars of revenue a year, & to limit the power & political influence of the billionaire class' thestar.com/opinion/contri… Linda McQuaig Alex Hemingway #canlab #inequality

just preordered! Excited to read the new piece from Richard Heinberg who always manages to depress w/ crystal-clear depiction of reality then re-energize my optimism outlining ways forward. Looking forward to the webinars too!

As we gird ourselves for a great outpouring of angst over debt & deficit with today's Federal Budget, this is great perspective from David Macdonald at @policyalternatives: monitormag.ca/articles/recor…. Don't forget: the govt's deficit is someone else's surplus. And during #COVID19, it was OUR surplus

Some very progressive measures in #Budget2021 including $15/hr min wage, increase in CWB, other measures, but really nothing on measures to tax extreme wealth, except for a tax on select luxury goods, which will bring in a tiny fraction of what an annual wealth tax would.

#Budget2021 made important commitments on min wage and childcare, but completely missed the mark on progressive tax reforms. Almost 80% of Canadians want a #wealthtax. Chrystia Freeland, here are Canadians asking you to #TaxtheRich. buff.ly/3dD7sOz

ICYMI: Andrew Jackson on #Budget2021: the most progressive one since the 70’s, but “falls well short of what many on the left hoped for, and fails to set the stage for social and economic transformation after the pandemic has passed.” buff.ly/2QKhhkE

Weird. In her book, Chrystia Freeland said that “as the plutocrats have been getting richer and more powerful... we have taxed and regulated them less.” And yet in #Budget2021, measures to tax the rich are nowhere to be seen (unless you count taxing yachts🧐)?youtu.be/J3vkfkZL2H0

Just listened to "Overproduction of Elites and Political Upheaval, or... the Story of Rich People Doing Stupid Things". Asher Miller and the guys did a great job breaking down some of my work with Peter Turchin and the Seshat team: postcarbon.org/crazytown/epis…

CIC is hosting a webinar on Addressing Inequality in Canada - tomorrow our friend Claire Trottier is talking about why she wants to be taxed more. Sign Up! pynxmultimedia.com/cic-roundtable/

When millionaires and billionaires evade taxes and store wealth in tax havens, Canadians lose billions of dollars in funding for healthcare, pharmacare, #climateaction, education, #JustTransition and providing safe drinking water to First Nations communities. #TaxtheRich