Public service cuts and unfair tax regimes will not solve New Brunswick’s economic challenges
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown up major public policy challenges that political classes in New Brunswick will have to deal ...
Tag: debt
Critics welcome N.B. payday loan regulations, but want more consumer protection
The New Brunswick government has surprised payday loan critics and the industry itself by proposing to limit the total cost ...
Looking behind the mask of austerity in New Brunswick
One word defines the New Brunswick 2015 /2016 budget and its aftermath: austerity, largely felt through cuts to public services. ...
Debt as Power: new book explains debt and austerity agendas [audio]
From the Margins interviews Richard Robbins, professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, who has a forthcoming ...
Debt, our common problem [audio]
From mortgages, to payday loans, to student debt, to moral obligations, how does debt shape our lives and our society? ...