The Economics of Affordability: Armine Yalnizyan & Jim Stanford

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Alright, you intrepid Herle Burly-ites. Regular listeners will know we’ve been talking about cost of living and affordability issues here on the pod the last little while.

Well, mere hours before this recording … the federal Liberal government announced a new affordability package with a 1.6 billion dollar temporary GST cut, aimed primarily at families, plus a Working Canadians Rebate of $250.

Does it help a little? A lot? Is it good policy? And speaking of brand-new economic context, what’s changes will we be seeing down south because of the Trump election.  How are they going to affect Canada?

I want to dive into all of that with 2 of the smartest economic thinkers I know. Both, multi-time Herle Burly guests:  Armine Yalnizyan and Jim Stanford.

According to Maclean’s Magazine, Armine is the “Caring Person’s economist”.  A big picture thinker who looks out for the little guy.  And, the coiner of the term “She-cession”, way back in March 2020, to describe the economic fallout of the pandemic.  She’s currently the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers with a mission to bring a workers’ perspective to public policy development.  Her work focuses on the care economy and the “social and economic factors that determine our health and well-being.

Jim is the founding Director for The Centre for Future Work, a progressive think tank studying how work is changing in the modern economy. He’s one of this country’s best known economic commentators, quoted frequently in print and broadcast media, as well as the author of a regular column in the Toronto Star.  For over 20 years, he served as Economist and Director of Policy with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector trade union.

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