Economics for Everyone

EVERYWHERE - October 17, 2011.  How wonderful to see this new upsurge of global activism challenging the starting assumption of neoliberal economics: namely, that if you make things as perfect as possible for the top 1%, their consequent productive actions will trickle down to the other 99%.

That whole approach is economically incoherent and morally bankrupt.  And now people around the world, inspired by Occupy Wall Street, are saying so.  I hope that the spontaneity and enthusiasm of the occupiers continues.  And I hope that other progressive forces (including trade unions) move quickly to catch up.  Together we can build a global movement that lasts, and effects real change.

Here is my commentary in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper on Saturday's Occupy Toronto protests.

Here is my Progressive Economics Forum blog on the financial state of Canada's 61 billionaires.

And here is a very flattering reference from the on-line magazine Pound, which lists e4e as one of the 9 must-read books for the 99% (right up there with Naomi Klein, the Communist Manifesto, and the Torah!).