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- How the sharing economy turned San Francisco into dystopia for the working class https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/apploitation-city-instaserfs 3 comments
- What if Canada stopped upholding U.S. tech companies’ intellectual property? (applies equally to Europe, and perhaps equally to military / non-military equipment) https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/what-if-canada-stopped-upholding-u-s-tech-companies-intellectual-property/ 21 comments europe
- How the “sharing economy” has turned San Francisco into a dystopia for the working class https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/apploitation-city-instaserfs?utm_content=buffer4dcc8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 16 comments indepthstories
- Making Sense of the CETA This report demonstrates in detail how the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) deal is unbalanced, favouring large multinational corporations at the expense of consumers, the environment, and the greater public interest. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/making-sense-ceta 114 comments europe
- TISA will accelerate a "race to the bottom" on public sector wages - Its another BAD back room secret trade agreement. Speak up! (PDF) https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/national%20office/2014/04/tisa_versus_public_services.pdf 4 comments economy
- Administration pushing secretive TISA agreement that intends to eliminate restrictions on contracting jobs across borders of 26 countries allowing foreign companies to bid on US services jobs even at state and municipal levels. Will put heavy downward pressure on wages. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/tisa-versus-public-services 5 comments economy
- TISA would make it difficult or even impossible for future governments to restore public services, including those instances where private service delivery has failed. https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/tisa-versus-public-services 4 comments politics
- A study by a Canadian think tank examined historical data on business investment and cash flow from 1961 through 2010, and finds no evidence that lower taxes have directly stimulated more investment. http://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/corporate-tax-cuts-dont-stimulate-investment 7 comments politics
- High tax-rates apparently lead to less poverty: A study of tax rates and social indicators. [PDF] http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/national_office_pubs/2006/benefits_and_costs_of_taxation.pdf 2 comments reddit.com