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A Real Estate Fueled Boom

2017-05-202017-05-20 Ross Leave a comment Housing, Inequality, Public Policy

Recently, economist Michael Hudson visited Vancouver to speak on the issue of housing and the ‘Junk Economics‘ (the title of his most recent book) behind our apparent good times.  The substance of his observations is presented in a readable article in this week’s Common Ground.  Hudson spoke at an event sponsored by the Centre For […]

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