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David Allan's Blog – December 2010 Archive (2)

Canada Discovers Trickle-Up Economics

Canada Discovers Trickle-Up Economics

by Linda McQuaig

There was always skepticism about claims that, as the rich became richer, income would “trickle down” to others. What wasn’t perhaps foreseen was that the trickling would actually be in the other direction, and that it would be more of a torrent than a trickle.

But the evidence is now clear. Over the last three decades, the tables of the rich have overflowed, with…

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Today's Thought

"In the haunted house of life, Art is the only stair that doesn't squeak."

--Tom Robbins

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