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Budget 2009: Legislation by Stealth: Amendments to Acts of Parliament with No Parliamentary Debate

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 8 months ago: The Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act, a non-budgetary amendment to an act of Parliament, was … more →

Tags: Human Rights, moral mathematics, Public Policy, Social Justice, Timelines, equitable compensation, legislation by stealth, Measuring Money, moral hazard

Public Policies Keep 16% of Canadians Poor

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Judith Maxwell (2008-01-28), former head of the Economic Council of Canada and Canadian Policy Resea … more →

Tags: Child Poverty, Public Policy, how to be poor in a rich country, wealth disparities in OECD, moral mathematics, Blogging, Blogosphere, digg, Policy research

Social cohesion

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Social cohesion “Social cohesion indicators measure the extent to which citizens participate i … more →

Tags: governance, Public Policy, Social Cohesion, Society, disparities in wealth and income, health, Income Distribution, social exclusion, Social Inclusion

Long term social damage caused by downsizing1 comment

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Displaced workers mysteriously drop out of civic, business, political, neighborhood groups, social a … more →

Tags: moral mathematics, Political Philosophy, Public Policy, Risk Management, Risk Society, social exclusion, Social Justice, bowling alone, Brand and Burgard

Aflicktion: The Wreck of Hope2 comments

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Aflicktion: The Wreck of Hope Originally uploaded by ocean.flynn. Flynn-Burhoe, Maureen. 2007. “Nanu … more →

Tags: flickr, Risk Society, Nunavut, climate change, Human Rights, critical Inuit studies, Risk Management, nanuq, Environment

Oil commodities hedge fund speculator is anything but "passive" 4 comments

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Ross Levin, a NYC hedge fund analyst with Arbiter Partners, who calls himself a “passive specu … more →

Tags: critical ethnography, del.icio.us, Ecology, Economics, Energy, Environment, First Nations, how to be poor in a rich country, Human Rights

Reasonable accommodation? Private vs public

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Of the countless adjectives associated with the much-acclaimed work of Canadian philosopher Charles … more →

Tags: Bouchard and Taylor, digg, Diversity, identity, Naomi Lakritz, participatory research, pluralistic societies, Policy research, Political Philosophy

Do tax-incentives for fitness work? MLA claims they will.1 comment

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: McHugh Bluff Stairs for Fitness. Tory Calgary, AB MLA Dave Rodney is the first to propose legislatio … more →

Tags: how to be poor in a rich country, moral mathematics, slow world, social exclusion, wealth disparities in OECD, ailing health system, Alberta health system, Algorithms, cyber citizens

UK Bank Bail-Out: Private-Equity-Generated-Credit-Chaos Costs Rising: Public Pays2 comments

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: “The Bank of England will announce Monday a scheme which will see it lend money to banks in re … more →

Tags: Risk Society, UHNW, wealth disparities in OECD, Risk Management, moral mathematics, Business, digg, Ripple.Effect, economic efficiency model

Timeline of Social Events Related to Mortgage Meltdown3 comments

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: work in process CC 2008 Flynn-Burhoe “Mortgage Meltdown” a digitage on Flickr see also r … more →

Tags: Business, Chronologies, del.icio.us, moral mathematics, New York Times, OECD, Politics and Science, Public Policy, Risk Management

ISR's January 2008 Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers Claim Wealth Disparties Intensify

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: According to the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, one of the most widely-cited s … more →

Tags: Business & Finance, Child Poverty, Economy & Finance, Human Geography, social sciences, Sociology, wealth disparities will intensify

Homelessness: from crisis management to ending the disgrace

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Leading US advocate for homeless praised The Calgary Committee to End Homelessness’ 10-year pl … more →

Tags: how to be poor in a rich country, moral mathematics, OECD, Public Policy, Risk Society, social exclusion, Social Justice, Timelines, urban ethnography

Société Générale: a Logical Conclusion of Impatient Money1 comment

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: Société Générale trader, Jérôme Kerviel, 31, was accused by the Société Générale, Paris of implement … more →

Tags: Virtual, postnational, Business & Finance, Timelines, Social History Timeline, Risk Management, Public Policy, governance, Slavoj Zizek

Collective consciousness, social cohesion, social inclusion and social exclusion1 comment

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: He is a young doctor literally without borders who chose to work with AIDS patients. When he was for … more →

Tags: Hospitality, social sciences, Anchors, anchors in Wordpress, Derrida, human agency, Jacques, Reasonable accomodation, self and identity

Sachs-Stiglitz debates: Nobel and Reith

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 2 years ago: Joseph E. Stiglitz’ major international bestseller (2002) entitled Globalization and its Disco … more →

Tags: Social Justice, Risk Society, Economy & Finance, economic efficiency, Business & Finance, My Reviews of Books, Social History Timeline, Risk Management, ethics

Stressing your system

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 2 years ago: He was a first generation Canadian and was deeply proud of his Scottish background. Whether saying a … more →

Tags: Social Justice, Economy & Finance, economic efficiency, Business & Finance, wealth disparities will intensify, Timelines, Social History Timeline, ethics, social capital

Famine, food and fertilizer

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 2 years ago: When Malawi chose to subsidize fertilizers for impoverished farmers dependent on international aid t … more →

Tags: wealth disparities will intensify, thinkfree, World Bank, SAP, African underdevelopment, Tag Clouds

Inuit Communities as the New DEW Line: Camels in the Arctic?3 comments

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 2 years ago: How can a Canadian social scientist in 2007 set aside economic development, energy security, youth p … more →

Tags: Memory Work, Social Justice, Risk Society, forgetting, wealth disparities will intensify, Timelines, Social History Timeline, Risk Management, climate change

Canadian child poverty, income inequality and other inconvenient truths

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 2 years ago: Key words Absolute measure of poverty is the standard used by the U.S. If a family can afford a modi … more →

Tags: Social Justice, wealth disparities will intensify, Child Poverty, C.D. Howe, OECD, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, moral mathematics, social exclusion, Social Cohesion


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