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Another Moral Economy ColumnBy Christopher LindOctober 2010Yeah, yeah, yeah, the world is going to hell in a handbasket. So what can we do about it? This is one of the most challenging questions I...
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Another Moral Economy ColumnBy Christopher LindNovember 2010I will never forget a story told to me by one of my students, a middle aged woman who had been married to a farmer for many years. They lived...
View ArticleCan An Economy Ever be Moral?
Another Moral Economy ColumnBy Christopher LindFebruary 2011If I said Big Business can never be moral, would you agree with me? Why is that? In general, people are pretty cynical about commercial...
View ArticleThe Issue That Dares Not Speak Its Name
Some years ago I was giving a talk in Red Deer on the farm crisis. Afterwards, I was approached by a young man who had always wanted to be a farmer. Recently he had put in an offer on a pretty half...
View ArticleWearing Two Hats Gives Me a Headache
We have a new Premier in British Columbia, Christy Clark. One of her first acts as Premier was to shred my labour budget for the year. I run a retreat centre in rural BC and we’d already set our budget...
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