North American Economics

Vancouver Observer Articles

• Conservative policies hurt the middle class
  If you accept the theory presented in my last article that high income inequality helps create persistently weak and unstable economies, the question then becomes what causes inequality and how can...read more
• How the rich got richer and you got the shaft
  The Great Recession and the Great Depression have many similarities.read more
• How to tell we're in a housing bubble
  Michael Wilson says standard investment analysis clearly shows we're in a housing bubble.read more
• OPINION: Very little about the housing situation is the result of a free market
  When people invoke free-market principles to push back against policy changes what they really mean is the current environment is working for them, says Michael Wilsonread more
• How we know global capital drives Vancouver real estate
  Last fall, around September, I noted that housing prices were once again rising. At the time, I thought Vancouverites were rushing to get into the market before rates increased.  But price...read more