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The centre may not hold: Tales from Brexit, the EU, the American election and the eroding foundations of democracy

Posted on October 30, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

I started my career as an educator working with trade union members teaching labour history and principles of economics. Our program sponsored by the social democratic progressive NDP government of Ed Schreyer and organized by innovative technocrats at the Department … Continue reading →

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Storm around Deutsche Bank grows as charges against some of its executives for fraud are announced in Italy:worlds oldest bank Monte dei Paschi di Sienna involved some excutives also charged

Posted on October 10, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The storm and turbulence around the future of the Deutsche Bank has grown with the announcement last week that some of its executives would face fraud charges in Italy in connection with the charges levied against some executives of the … Continue reading →

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After the Crash:Rediscovering Keynes and the origins of quantitative easing (2nd posting)

Posted on September 9, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

By Harold R.Chorney Professor of Political economy, Concordia University Montréal, Québec Preface: More than twenty five years ago I began to write about problems of public finance.( Chorney, 1984) At the time that I began to do so, I never … Continue reading →

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Poli 463, 2017 course outline: Keynes versus monetarists before and after the crash of 2008.

Posted on September 3, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 463/2 fall 2017 Government and Business course outline : under construction Keynes versus monetarists before and after the crash of 2008 Prof.Harold Chorney Fall/ 2017 Thursday 2:45 – 5:30 MB 2  285 Course overview: This course explores the tools … Continue reading →

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Poli 349 fall 2016 course outline: The City and social and political theory (under construction)

Posted on August 28, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 349 AA (4645):Political and social theory and the city Course outline fall 2016 .Professor Harold Chorney Tuesday 2:45-5:30 H433 SGW Sept.6-Dec.5, 2016 This course focuses on the rise of the metropolis and its links to economic and technical change … Continue reading →

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Poli 349 course outline Fall 2016:Political and social theory and the City.

Posted on August 28, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 349 A (8256):Political and social theory and the city Course outline fall 2016 .Professor Harold Chorney Tuesday 2:45 -5:30 Sept.6 -Dec 5, 2016 Posted on Jan 2, 2016 This course focuses on the rise of the metropolis and its … Continue reading →

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Some Surprises and Contradictions in New British Cabinet: Boris Johnson as Foreign Minister and Philip Hammond as Chancellor of Exchequer

Posted on July 14, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The new Conservative British Prime Minister Theresa May has made some interesting appointments to her new cabinet. First of all some big figures in the previous Cameron cabinet are not included. This includes most notably as Chancellor of the Exchequer … Continue reading →

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Corbyn wins British NEC Labour party vote: his name will be on the ballot in fall leadership contest

Posted on July 13, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The embattled Labour party leader has won a significant victory at the meeting of the National executive of the Labour party of Great Britain. The executive committee voted 18 to 14 that Corbyn had an automatic place on the ballot … Continue reading →

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Theresa May 199, Andrea Leadsom 84, Michael Gove 46 Gove eliminated and Leadsom drops out. May will be prime minister.

Posted on July 11, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The Michael Gove betrayal gambit turns out all for nought. Ruthlessness has its electoral limits. So the next British Prime minister will be a woman, Theresa May. How long she can keep the job without calling an election remains to … Continue reading →

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Iraq Chilcot inquiry report published.Tony Blair criticized for proceeding to war without carefully vetting intelligence.Crabb drops out of leadership race and along with Fox endorses May.

Posted on July 6, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The UK Iraq war Inquiry report under the direction of Sir John Chilcot has been published. It strongly criticizes the British Prime Minister at the time, Tony Blair, for having rushed the decision to go to war on the basis … Continue reading →

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