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Mickelbart, S. (2011, August 18). Still nickel and dimed a decade later. The New Yorker. A piece by the culturally critical magazine The New Yorker, revisiting Ehrenreich’s influential piece on minimum wage.
Carmichael, K. (2017, June 30). Canada must get serious about income inequality. But how? Maclean’s. An analysis of the lack of consensus on how to address income inequality in Canada.
https://www.macleans.ca/economy/canada-must-get-serious-about-income-inequality-but-how/Andrew-Amofah, B. (2019, June 25). The very way cities like Toronto are run is making inequality worse. Broadbent Institute. Ablog post from the leading Canadian think-tank, the Broadbent Institute, analyzing the role cities play in reproducing inequality. https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/the_very_way_cities_like_toronto_are_run_is_making_inequality_worse
Recommended Videos
Loach, K. (2000). Bread and Roses. British Screen. A film about two workers as they struggle to unionize their workplace.
Moore, M. (2009). Capitalism: A Love Story. Dog Eat Dog Films. A documentary that takes a critical look at the late 2000s financial crisis and what the crisis reveals about the system of capitalism.
Biberman, H.J. (1954). Salt of the Earth. Independent Productions. An old film about a long and difficult strike in New Mexico depicting the realities of striking workers in mid-century American capitalism.
Kirby, J. (2005). The American Ruling Class. The Alive Mind. A documentary about class, power, and status in the United States of America.
Recommended Websites
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/ A web site promoting alternative government policies for tacking poverty.
http://www.clsrn.econ.ubc.ca/home.php A website for the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN), a network of academics devoted to strengthening our understanding of the labour market.
https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/ A multidisciplinary institute backed by a network of scholars and policy experts doing research for the sake of progressive change.