DT Cochrane
@dtcochrane.bsky.social
Senior economist @canadianlabour.bsky.social supporting workers fighting for a fair, sustainable economy. Trans rights are human rights. No one earns a billion dollars. Views are my own. (he/him)
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capital flight is less of a risk than people think -- most of it thats gonna fly is already /in/ tax havens and comparable jurisdictions
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
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December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
capital flight is less of a risk than people think -- most of it thats gonna fly is already /in/ tax havens and comparable jurisdictions
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Danielle Smith’s push to suspend charter rights of trans youth is cowardly — and abandons conservative values
#Opinion from @faejohnstone.bsky.social
#Opinion from @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Danielle Smith’s push to suspend charter rights of trans youth is cowardly — and abandons conservative values
Invoking the notwithstanding clause before a court can make a ruling is cowardly, politically motivated and a dangerous precedent.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Danielle Smith’s push to suspend charter rights of trans youth is cowardly — and abandons conservative values
#Opinion from @faejohnstone.bsky.social
#Opinion from @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Maybe Danielle Smith could make the oil & gas business pay its bills instead of lobbying on its behalf.
Oil and gas companies collectively owe hundreds of millions to Alberta citizens, municipalities and the provincial government, and making these companies pay up isn't easy. Why do they owe so much? @drewanderson.bsky.social breaks it down: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-surf...
The unpaid bills of Alberta oil and gas companies, explained | The Narwhal
We break down the ways some Alberta oil and gas companies are shirking their bills, and what that means for Alberta municipalities and landowners
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December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Maybe Danielle Smith could make the oil & gas business pay its bills instead of lobbying on its behalf.
The federal government had to bailout the last oil pipeline.
This one will require an even bigger bailout.
This one will require an even bigger bailout.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The federal government had to bailout the last oil pipeline.
This one will require an even bigger bailout.
This one will require an even bigger bailout.
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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From the archives:
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors and they shouldn’t pretend to be.
Canada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
From the archives:
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Larry Summers told us over and over and over again that he’s a giant POS.
But he remained a favourite of American elites.
Why?
But he remained a favourite of American elites.
Why?
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Larry Summers told us over and over and over again that he’s a giant POS.
But he remained a favourite of American elites.
Why?
But he remained a favourite of American elites.
Why?
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Authors: find your work in Anthropic training dataset and file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Authors: find your work in Anthropic training dataset and file a claim
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This budget is just plain bad.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This budget is just plain bad.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
Retain talent?
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
The astronomical pay deal shows the light years to which firms will go in order to retain talent. It also highlights the potentially cataclysmic risk, as businesses see it, of talent loss econ.st/4nXT9Fl
Illustration: Brett Ryder
Illustration: Brett Ryder
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Retain talent?
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
USD as the global currency is a blessing and a curse for the US.
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
one thing that I think we really don't think about is if Trump fucks up America's macro privileges or role in the international system and Americans are forced to end up dealing with a economic system that doesn't allow for the same old fiscal fixes as before
god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
USD as the global currency is a blessing and a curse for the US.
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
Add human trafficking to the lengthy list of social ills that would be most meaningfully addressed by reducing poverty.
and now for your umpteenth reminder that the best way to fight human trafficking is to support measures that ease poverty and promote affordable housing, not to go hunting for hidden coded messages on the internet
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Add human trafficking to the lengthy list of social ills that would be most meaningfully addressed by reducing poverty.
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and now for your umpteenth reminder that the best way to fight human trafficking is to support measures that ease poverty and promote affordable housing, not to go hunting for hidden coded messages on the internet
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
and now for your umpteenth reminder that the best way to fight human trafficking is to support measures that ease poverty and promote affordable housing, not to go hunting for hidden coded messages on the internet
Mark McEwan is a basic bitch who has no business judging young, innovative chefs.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Mark McEwan is a basic bitch who has no business judging young, innovative chefs.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
As a worker gets more productive through experience, how should the benefits of that higher productivity be distributed among the worker, their employer, and the public?
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As a worker gets more productive through experience, how should the benefits of that higher productivity be distributed among the worker, their employer, and the public?
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Though I think saying that use of slave labor is characteristic of feudalism is probably wrong? Expansion of chattel slavery (or transformation of serfdom into something akin to chattel slavery in Russia) is a phenomenon of early capitalism.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Everyone using “performative” in a negative way should reread Butler.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Everyone using “performative” in a negative way should reread Butler.
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Example of how economics gibberish trickles down from the ivory towers to the fund managers, becoming even less coherent on the way.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Example of how economics gibberish trickles down from the ivory towers to the fund managers, becoming even less coherent on the way.
Well, if past practices are any indication, it will be to offer Big Tech a bunch of tax breaks.
I am interested in what this looks like in practice
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
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November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Well, if past practices are any indication, it will be to offer Big Tech a bunch of tax breaks.
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On a new episode of 🔴 @pressprogress.ca SOURCES🔴 @canadianlabour.bsky.social’ @dtcochrane.bsky.social joins @lukelebrun.ca to share his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On a new episode of 🔴 @pressprogress.ca SOURCES🔴 @canadianlabour.bsky.social’ @dtcochrane.bsky.social joins @lukelebrun.ca to share his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa.
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“Courage, my friends.” Tommy Douglas
45% of net new federal expenditure is going to defence, another 45% is going to two tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Courage, my friends.” Tommy Douglas
45% of net new federal expenditure is going to defence, another 45% is going to two tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
45% of net new federal expenditure is going to defence, another 45% is going to two tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
These floor crossings are going to fuel Western alienation rhetoric.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
These floor crossings are going to fuel Western alienation rhetoric.
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🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
Looking Inside Mark Carney’s ‘Extremely Orwellian’ Austerity Budget
Canadian Labour Congress DT Cochrane shares his first impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
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November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
Don’t let an investment banker define investment.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Don’t let an investment banker define investment.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.