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Inequality: A pressing issue
The problem of worsening income inequality is quickly gathering steam. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, leading experts named inequality, the concentration of wealth into the hands of...
February 22, 2011
BNN launches three-part series on income inequality
CTV's Business News Network (BNN) begins a three-part series today looking at the gap between the rich and the rest of us....
February 9, 2011 | National Office
Economist writer on the three top reasons why income inequality matters
MIT Economist Daron Acemoglu writes in The Economist that there are three main reasons to care about worsening income inequality: Harmful effects on personal well-being, limited equality...
January 25, 2011
Gap between rich and poor: 8th Wonder of the World?
That's the tongue-in-cheek conclusion of the satiristic news source, The Onion, which names the growing gap between the rich and poor the 8th natural wonder of the world, calling the...
January 24, 2011
Income inequality: A defining public issue in 2011
Picking through the wreckage of the global recession, former Privy Council Clerk Alex Himelfarb takes stock of what happened and points to two trends he predicts might shape politics and policy in...
January 20, 2011
CEO pay under review
A week after we released our review of CEO pay in Canada, the Ontario Securities Commission says it's time to...
January 10, 2011 | National Office
CEO pay: Recession-proof
A new study by CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie shows Canada's best paid 100 CEOs appear to be recession-proof. ...
January 2, 2011 | National Office
CCPA features in The Globe and Mail's discussion on income inequality
In the last few weeks The Globe and Mail has been examining the problem of income inequality in Canada. Our own Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan was the special guest in The Globe...
December 21, 2010 | National Office
A recipe for greater equality
The always insightful Alex Himelfarb asks in his latest must-read blog: "What would you think if someone could show that they knew just what it would take to improve our physical and mental health...
December 19, 2010 | National Office
Income inequality bad for everyone: Richard Wilkinson video
The CCPA was pleased to co-sponsor a three-city lecture tour featuring Richard Wilkinson, co-author of the best selling book The Spirit Level, which examines income inequality among developed...
December 17, 2010 | National Office

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