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Armine Yalnizyan

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Economist. Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers https://atkinsonfoundation.ca/atkinson-fellows/atkinson-fellow-on-the-future-of-workers/ Contributing Columnist for the Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/ Mostly #cdnecon #CareEconomy #Inequality

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · Nov 13

My Galbraith Prize in Economics Lecture.
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Walking with Giants: How Economic Thought and Policy Evolves - Atkinson Foundation

The Atkinson Foundation promotes social and economic justice in Ontario. We strengthen movements for decent work and equitable economic development.

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 12h

This is a really useful table from the folks at IFSD — especially if we're about to talk a lot about public debt and the cost of carrying that debt.

www.policymagazine.ca/budget-2025-...

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 8h

The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 9h

The DEI debate comes to Canada. www.thestar.com/diversity-eq...

Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a

www.thestar.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

A dark batch of headlines tonight.

@wsj.com @nytimes.com @axios.com @politico.com

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 11h

OMG they're doing it to themselves: "mainstream" media are making themselves less and less relevant to the masses.
If it's about "ratings": there's more of us, together, than there are of them, over in their increasingly shrinking corner.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Brett House @brettehouse.bsky.social · 11h

Private debt markets are expanding, but transparency hasn’t kept up. That's a problem.

As I told Edward Helmore at The Guardian, when assets aren’t marked to market and no one knows where the risks are concentrated, shocks can catch the system off guard.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 14h

wow

Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 16h

"The 15 governors represent about 115 million people, or about a third of the U.S. population. ... A nonprofit group, GovAct, will coordinate the alliance, with philanthropic funding."

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

#healthcare

Exclusive | Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr.

The initiative aims to help states detect and respond to disease threats in light of public-health funding cuts under President Trump.

www.wsj.com

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 14h

Great curation of charts, fascinating story about housing affordability trends in Canada
Well done, @mattlundy.bsky.social, @jasonkirby.bsky.social and Rachelle Younglai.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Ten charts that explain Canada’s messy and complicated housing markets

The peak of real estate madness is behind us, but it seems as if the crisis is not going anywhere

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 15h

paging @twieditz.bsky.social
Have you updated the GTA story lately?

Tristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · 1d

The number of ‘entire homes’ in Bristol that are on Airbnb instead of being rented out to long term tenants or otherwise lived in has now passed 2,000 for the first time.
Full story here:

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Number of homes 'lost to Airbnb' in Bristol now above 2,000

One Airbnb company has 169 different properties they are letting out

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 18h

Endless projection

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 19h

I think we may have both gone too far.

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 19h

Unifor (represents autoworkers at Jeep's Brampton assembly plant) says production will move to Illinois as part of a US$13-billion plan announced by Stellantis to expand U.S. production by 50 per cent over the next 4 yrs, as per Trump's stated goal: end vehicle assembly in Canada, move jobs south

The Canadian Press News @cdnpress.bsky.social · 19h

Top things to know for today:

1️⃣ Unifor decries Stellantis move to U.S.
2️⃣ N.L. Tories say pocketbook issues won the election
3️⃣ Alberta set to receive report into health scandal
4️⃣ Teachers' strike cancels education practicums
5️⃣ Parliament interpreters slam new procurement rules

In the news today: Stellantis' move upsets union, conservatives win N.L. election

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

Too bad. Some headlines write themselves. "Voters choose a Conservative Butt for Dildo"

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

IMF shot.
FT chaser: Things are great, but....
www.ft.com/content/87d7...
"JPMorgan, the largest US bank by deposits and assets, reported a slight increase in stress in its loan portfolio, with the proportion of loans marked as unrecoverable rising to the highest level since before the pandemic."

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

Source for "affordable" in rental terms for feds: publications.gc.ca/collections/...

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

Only 40% of these units are "affordable".
What's "affordable"?
CMHC definition: 30% of pre-tax income. But household pre-tax income varies a lot in Toronto.
Before Carney's Build Canada Homes program, "affordable" = below 80% of median market rent.
Is this rent or own @benspurr.bsky.social?

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 1d

Mark Carney’s new housing agency announces the Toronto site for its first project

Build Canada Homes will oversee a project to use modern construction techniques to build 540 new units in Toronto.

www.thestar.com

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

IMF warns of rising odds of 'disorderly' global market correction
www.reuters.com/business/fin...

"Global markets are too comfortable with risks, including trade wars, geopolitical tensions and yawning government deficits"

Also 👀
Non-banks "now holds roughly half of the world's financial assets"

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

Nominate a campaign for decent work in Ontario/Canada by noon October 27 and shine light on the purpose and joy of being part of The Good Fight.

$50K for the winner. $15K each for 2 runners-up.

Decent work for all. Because every job can be a good job.

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just Tricolor.
Subprime loans for cars .... a big problem.

Chart from www.wsj.com/business/aut...

The K-shaped market comes to auto: more cars over $50K, more delinquencies, defaults and repos.
Good story here:
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/n...

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

69% of borrowers were "undocumented" in 2023, so paid subprime rates.
The owner served prison time for selling stolen cars.
Bankrupt now "Tricolor had repeatedly been cited for delayed title transfers, improper license plate usage, and inflated vehicle pricing."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity is the only way

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 2d

Oh look. Exercising sovereign power to protect one's economic capacity and potential.
Paging Canada.,

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was our most read story. on.ft.com/47djskG

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 2d

Hamsas has released all 20 living hostages. Israel is in the process of releasing 2,000 prisoners.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Hamas Releases All Living Hostages as Trump Arrives in Israel

Good morning. Hamas releases all remaining living hostages as Donald Trump arrives in Israel to celebrate the peace deal. US-China trade tensions ease. And how ‘sideways’ succession is reshaping globa...

www.bloomberg.com

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 2d

Legit ways to use the terms "stagnation" and "creative destruction"
Not a great moment for innovation, it seems.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

The 2025 Nobel Prize In Economic Sciences Awarded To Three Scholars

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Joel Mokyr (Northwestern Univ.), Phillippe Aghion (London School of Economics) and Peter Howitt (Brown Univ.).

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

#UPDATE The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France's Philippe Aghion and Canada's Peter Howitt for work on technology's impact on sustained economic growth ➡️ u.afp.com/SmKB

A screen displays the portraits of the 2025 Nobel prize in economics winners (L-R) Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, during the announcement at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 13, 2025

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 3d

Happy addition to the dinner table. One of the last of the season.

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