Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff. Details in link.
Whalen Corners, Ontario
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As life milestones get pushed further into our 30s, biology remains the one deadline that refuses to bend. In this episode of DemograFix, we take a deep dive into the business, economics, and realities of egg freezing.
Watch here: piped.video/watch?v=pxOfYE3Sβ¦
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The Globe and Mail asked a bunch of policy wonks for their ideas to improve our tax system. Mine: A "like-kind exchange" to get new rental apartments built in Canada rather than the US.
The full piece here: theglobeandmail.com/businessβ¦
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....wait why dont do we do this? this seems like an obviously good idea
Canadaβs tax system needs an overhaul. Here are 11 big ideas to make it happen theglobeandmail.com/businessβ¦
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βHousing is this kind of slow-moving, glacial crisis.β @MikePMoffatt of @missingmiddleca tells @JeyanTVO why housing remains one of Canada's biggest challenges, even as political attention turns elsewhere. | Producer: Mike Attenborough
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βHousing is this kind of slow-moving, glacial crisis.β β @MikePMoffatt of @missingmiddleca tells @JeyanTVO why governments can't afford to take their eye off housing, even as trade and international issues dominate the agenda. | Producer: Mike Attenborough
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New episode! I sit down with The Wealthy Barber author David Chilton to discuss how Canadian personal finance advice must adapt to skyrocketing housing costs, easy credit, and shifting markets, and how things have changed since the early 90s.
Watch here: piped.video/watch?v=r7GYbJSuβ¦
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And for those who prefer to read the transcript rather than watch/listen please check out our Substack: open.substack.com/pub/missinβ¦
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On this week's Classonomics, @MikePMoffatt & @wealthy_barber examine modern financial challenges for young adults, including housing unaffordability, high credit use, and shifting economic landscapes. Check out the featured interview here: piped.video/r7GYbJSuvo4
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Decades after his original bestseller offered foundational advice to young Canadians, @wealthy_barber reflects on how drastically the economic landscape has shifted and why writing his updated edition proved far more challenging. @MikepMoffatt says some interesting things too ;)
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This is the rise in 10-year government bond yields above and beyond the global average so far this year. It's clear markets are penalizing high-debt countries and rewarding low-debt ones. Markets are going after countries that are out of fiscal space...
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<sound of glass breaking>
Jim Ross: "Bah Gawd, that's Stone Cold's music! What on earth is he doing here?"
Ever wonder about the difference a day makes? Maybe everything if you're David Eby. If he had called the elxn yday he would have locked in KLF as his principal opponent. And probably locked in his victory. Now...she's wriggled into retirement and Eby has no idea who he will face
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Here's something fun I stumbled upon. My Uncle Chuck owned a couple of hair salons, including one in London. Here's an ad of theirs from 1982. I love, absolutely love the design on this.
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New episode! Cara talks to Tom Babin, an urban cycling advocate and creator of the YouTube channel Shifter, about how and why bike lanes triggered a culture war and what this means for the future of transportation.
Watch here: piped.video/watch?v=6z76EAQYβ¦
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There's never been a country less suited to autarky. Cheap chinese goods are their entire social safety net.
Would burn to the ground in a week.
Trump: "If we stopped trading with every country that we have a deficit with -- which is most of them, and which would be very easy to do -- we would make at least $1.5 trillion a year."
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Very interesting data here. The open question in my mind, though, is, "which way does the causality run?"
The academic gap between students who never use AI and students who use it daily is equivalent to a year and a half of teaching.
In other words, the kids who use ChatGPT the most know the least.
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New piece at iPolitics, with Adam Mongrain of More and Better Housing. Canada joining the EU as an "Associate Member" could lower the cost of building a home in Canada while opening new export markets.
Read here: ipolitics.ca/2026/09/16/canaβ¦
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Today, the EU President said she wants "Canada to [be] the first associate member of the EU."
Join our 9:30 am livestream on YouTube to get answers to your questions about what this means for Canada. Reply with your Q below.
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Yes, because as we all know it's impossible to create new things. Has been since 1987, which is why I'm tweeting this from a Coleco ADAM.
Has she lost the very last of her remaining marbles? Ms von der Leyen offered Canada associate membership of the EU. That would have been fine if it were not for a tiny little snag: there is no such thing as associate membership of the EU! telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2β¦
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Note: It is technically possible to tweet from a Coleco ADAM.
Hello, Twitter! This tweet is being posted from a Coleco ADAM. Really! #ColecoADAM /sent via bbs.fozztexx.com
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