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A March 15, 2016 Brookings Institution article is entitled: “Voter anger explained – in one chart.” The conclusion of the article (some of the links are ones that I have added; the “China shock” link is included in the original article) reads: “As to the labor-market, wage, and social impacts of these developments, they have […]
We begin at the Assembly Hall at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Drive at the foot of Kipling Ave. at Lake Shore Blvd West. We travel along the north side of Lake Shore to Fifth Street, passing the old Goodyear Plant along the way. From there we travel north to Birmingham St., stopping at the old […]
Deindustrialization and the metaphor of the Machine in the Garden have been the topics of previous posts, as has been the urban planning history of Chicago. I’ve also discussed the contrast between waterfront development in Mississauga and Toronto: Anecdotes Shared by Fellow Walkers – May 5, 2014 post by Jaan Pill at Jane’s Walk website […]
A June 5, 2014 New York Times article is entitled: “Fund Manager Sets Goats Grazing in Blighted Detroit.” Below is a photograph from the article and opening paragraphs: To most of the world, the solution to debt-ridden Detroit is money. But for one hedge fund manager, it’s goats. Mark Spitznagel, the founder of the […]
With regard to the 1960s at Malcolm Campbell High School, each person has her or his own memories. It’s great to have opportunities to engage in conversations about what those memories are. What middle school and high school students are now reading My main interest in those years, among others, was learning about how words […]
Updates: A June 2, 2014 article at treehugger.com is entitled: “It’s not fair to bash Fairtrade.” A May 30, 2014 article at the website of the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich is entitled: “Fairtrade benefits in the complex world of sustainable development.” A June 6, 2014 article at the Center for Global […]
Given my interest in how language interacts with perception, I enjoyed reading an overview, in Status Update (2013), of the history of neoliberalism. Boas and Gans-Morse (2009) In her discussion of neoliberalism in Status Update (2013), Alice E. Marwick cites a 2009 journal article by Taylor C. Boas and Jordan Gans-Morse entitled Neo liberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan. The source is: […]
The story of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) began about 10,000 years ago when Palaeo-Indian nomadic hunters first arrived in Southern Ontario at the end of the last Ice Age. I enjoy imagining those times, and reading about the experiences of hunter-gatherers. Imagination is at play when we picture the past, as it is […]