Monetary policy, debt, and unions
Kevin Linklater, staff Following the global financial crisis of 2008-09, the Canadian economy was held up as a model in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…
labour dispute
Point/Counterpoint
Foster Lyle, staff Take any finance course and you will hear that a free market is an efficient market. A free market is one where…
Point/Counterpoint
Katerina Tefft, staff Free-market capitalism, as economist Karl Polanyi famously writes in The Great Transformation, is a “stark utopia” that “could not exist for any…
2013 campus roundup
The U of M had a busy 2013, but the Manitoban had you covered for campus updates. Here, in no particular order, is a summary…
Federal prison strike reveals longstanding labour issues
Anne Wyman Imagine waking up tomorrow to a 30 per cent wage cut, mandated by law. If the cost of living stayed the same, you’d…
A letter of thanks to U of M students from the UMFA
UMFA would like to express our appreciation to all of the students who wrote or called with messages of support for UMFA and their professors during…
U of M and faculty narrowly avoid strike
A potential faculty strike loomed over the University of Manitoba last week, and both sides were hesitant to share negotiation details. After the University of Manitoba…
Local businesses, not big-box stores, stimulate local economies
IKEA (that Swedish mega-store that sells cheap furniture that you struggle to assemble) opened a store in Winnipeg off of Kenaston this past year. It…
TOP SPORTS NEWSMAKER OF 2012: Executive director of the NHLPA Donald Fehr
Before this past year, you could have taken the number of hockey fans familiar with Donald Fehr, gave them all a seat at Jobing.com Arena,…
T’was the year of the lockout… [text only]
T’was just this past summer, where all through this town, Sports fans lamented, “the Bombers are clowns!” The only thing keeping them pleasant and nice,…