Self-tutoring about trade: the tutor mentions a couple of statistics about Europe. Preparing to weather a storm of trade challenge, people in Canada have mentioned internal trade barriers – that is, between provinces. The fact that we have any, between …
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Self-tutoring about international politics: the tutor mentions the idea of Canada joining the EU. It’s been floating around for awhile now, the idea of Canada joining the EU. Yet, could it happen? From Canada’s perspective, here are two interesting stats: …
Self-tutoring about potential arms purchases during uncertain trade policies: the tutor makes a few observations. In general, people might have a cynical mind about defense spending. The US spent over 2 trillion in Afghanistan, yet the Taliban seem to have …
Self-tutoring about the possible income from US tariffs: the tutor looks at some numbers. One can’t be sure exactly what the import numbers will be for 2025, but based on import numbers from 2022, here are some ideas about possible …
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Self-tutoring about political situations: the tutor mentions the idea of retaliatory tariffs. With US tariffs against Canada looming, or already in place (it seems hard to keep track, with how the instigator seems to change their mind), there has been …
Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor mentions a term often heard. Identity politics is somewhat vague, but seems to mean the idea of motivating people based on some identity they share. Moreover, according to Cressida Heyes (see plato.stanford.edu), identity politics can …
Self-tutoring about the situation in Ukraine: the tutor mentions some figures. It seems, 2022-2024, that about 250B in aid has been donated to Ukraine. Ukraine’s own GDP might be around 175B. Russia, on the other hand, spent around 200B during …
Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor mentions the ideas of “populist” and “populism.” I received clarification about the terms populist and populism from the York University website: see here. I will draw from the ideas presented therein to produce this post. …
Self-tutoring about US politics: the tutor contemplates Trump’s political ideology. When Trump is a player on the political stage, he sure gets headlines. (Of course, he’s not the only politician who’s made headlines lately….) The traditional definition of conservatism, simply …
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Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor continues about Nova Scotia’s positive budget result for 2023-2024. I mention in my July 29, 2024 post Nova Scotia’s surprise surplus of $144M for 2023-2024 compared with its forecast deficit of $279M. Good news, right? …