Background Differences in medical care in the United States compared with Canada,
including greater reliance on private funding and for-profit delivery, as well as markedly higher …

Introduction almost exactly a hundred years ago, the Gilded Age that defined the height of
American opulence came to an end. The era of robber barons and extravagant tycoons rose …

Introduction in the fall of 2006 the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a poll
conducted by Environics Research that showed 76% of Canadians believe the gap between …

timated in the 1990s. The evidence? During a period of economic recession and a growing
gap in market terms, the after-tax gap between rich and poor decreased in Canada until 1993…

Developing neurons form synapses at a high rate. Synaptic transmission is very energy-demanding
and likely requires ATP production by mitochondria nearby. Mitochondria might be …

Introduction the canadian economy is losing steam, and fast. Swept along by global forces,
production keeps going down and job losses, bankruptcies, government deficits keep going …

The Surplus Era (1998-2004) Since the beginning of the surplus era, the federal government
has not redressed the damage done during the deficit era, let alone advanced the agenda …

EVERY RECESSION USHERS IN a rising tide of poverty. As jobless and underemployed
people struggle to make ends meet, the nouveau poor swell the ranks of the déjà poor. The …

CMAJ• JULY 9, 2002; 167 (1) 37 health care in a planned and consistent fashion represents
a serious threat to sustainability. The political environment is dominated by acrimonious …

Analysis from the World Bank2 links the relationships between globalization, growing
income inequality and democracy, and raises the provocative question whether inequality, …