DT Cochrane
@dtcochrane.bsky.social
Senior economist @canadianlabour.bsky.social supporting workers fighting for a fair, sustainable economy. Trans rights are human rights. No one earns a billion dollars. Views are my own. (he/him)
This budget is just plain bad.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This budget is just plain bad.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
The few things that could be good are far too meagre. And there are many terrible things.
It fails to meet the moment and will do little to address the many crises people in Canada face.
Retain talent?
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
The astronomical pay deal shows the light years to which firms will go in order to retain talent. It also highlights the potentially cataclysmic risk, as businesses see it, of talent loss econ.st/4nXT9Fl
Illustration: Brett Ryder
Illustration: Brett Ryder
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Retain talent?
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
Are you kidding?
This is people Musk has bullied, bribed, flattered, and flamed.
USD as the global currency is a blessing and a curse for the US.
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
one thing that I think we really don't think about is if Trump fucks up America's macro privileges or role in the international system and Americans are forced to end up dealing with a economic system that doesn't allow for the same old fiscal fixes as before
god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
USD as the global currency is a blessing and a curse for the US.
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
The pains from the end of dollar dominance are far from clear. Who will pay? How much? In what forms?
Add human trafficking to the lengthy list of social ills that would be most meaningfully addressed by reducing poverty.
and now for your umpteenth reminder that the best way to fight human trafficking is to support measures that ease poverty and promote affordable housing, not to go hunting for hidden coded messages on the internet
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Add human trafficking to the lengthy list of social ills that would be most meaningfully addressed by reducing poverty.
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and now for your umpteenth reminder that the best way to fight human trafficking is to support measures that ease poverty and promote affordable housing, not to go hunting for hidden coded messages on the internet
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
and now for your umpteenth reminder that the best way to fight human trafficking is to support measures that ease poverty and promote affordable housing, not to go hunting for hidden coded messages on the internet
Mark McEwan is a basic bitch who has no business judging young, innovative chefs.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Mark McEwan is a basic bitch who has no business judging young, innovative chefs.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
He wouldn’t last one episode as a competitor.
As a worker gets more productive through experience, how should the benefits of that higher productivity be distributed among the worker, their employer, and the public?
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As a worker gets more productive through experience, how should the benefits of that higher productivity be distributed among the worker, their employer, and the public?
Paging @joefrancis.bsky.social
Though I think saying that use of slave labor is characteristic of feudalism is probably wrong? Expansion of chattel slavery (or transformation of serfdom into something akin to chattel slavery in Russia) is a phenomenon of early capitalism.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Everyone using “performative” in a negative way should reread Butler.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Everyone using “performative” in a negative way should reread Butler.
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Example of how economics gibberish trickles down from the ivory towers to the fund managers, becoming even less coherent on the way.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Example of how economics gibberish trickles down from the ivory towers to the fund managers, becoming even less coherent on the way.
Well, if past practices are any indication, it will be to offer Big Tech a bunch of tax breaks.
I am interested in what this looks like in practice
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Well, if past practices are any indication, it will be to offer Big Tech a bunch of tax breaks.
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On a new episode of 🔴 @pressprogress.ca SOURCES🔴 @canadianlabour.bsky.social’ @dtcochrane.bsky.social joins @lukelebrun.ca to share his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On a new episode of 🔴 @pressprogress.ca SOURCES🔴 @canadianlabour.bsky.social’ @dtcochrane.bsky.social joins @lukelebrun.ca to share his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa.
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“Courage, my friends.” Tommy Douglas
45% of net new federal expenditure is going to defence, another 45% is going to two tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Courage, my friends.” Tommy Douglas
45% of net new federal expenditure is going to defence, another 45% is going to two tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
45% of net new federal expenditure is going to defence, another 45% is going to two tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
Most of the supposed “investment” is handouts to corporations.
This is not a budget the NDP can support.
These floor crossings are going to fuel Western alienation rhetoric.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
These floor crossings are going to fuel Western alienation rhetoric.
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🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
Looking Inside Mark Carney’s ‘Extremely Orwellian’ Austerity Budget
Canadian Labour Congress DT Cochrane shares his first impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
pressprogress.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa
Don’t let an investment banker define investment.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Don’t let an investment banker define investment.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
That way lies inequality and economic stagnation.
The most socially destructive people always claim they have to destroy society to save it.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The most socially destructive people always claim they have to destroy society to save it.
Will Carney end up being remembered as be of the worst PMs in CDN history?
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Will Carney end up being remembered as be of the worst PMs in CDN history?
Anyone who claims that science is a true meritocracy is no scientist.
There is ample evidence to disprove the claim.
There is ample evidence to disprove the claim.
"There has been an autocorrection of all this diversity, inclusion and equity stuff in the United States. ...I see no autocorrection taking place in Canada. If anything, I see the doubling down of all of the parasitic nonsense in Canada."
A quote from Gad Saad to the committee, inspiring the motion
A quote from Gad Saad to the committee, inspiring the motion
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Anyone who claims that science is a true meritocracy is no scientist.
There is ample evidence to disprove the claim.
There is ample evidence to disprove the claim.
If the federal budget fails to pass, there is one person responsible:
Mark Carney.
Mark Carney.
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
If the federal budget fails to pass, there is one person responsible:
Mark Carney.
Mark Carney.
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3. Ignore bond vigilantes - the advice of ex vigilante:
financiers push for austerity and low growth, because bonds have highest returns when economy slumps
'greatest compliment the bond market can give a chancellor aiming for economic rejuvenation is a mild sell-off'.
www.ft.com/content/41de...
financiers push for austerity and low growth, because bonds have highest returns when economy slumps
'greatest compliment the bond market can give a chancellor aiming for economic rejuvenation is a mild sell-off'.
www.ft.com/content/41de...
Rachel Reeves should not appease bond market vigilantes
In preparing her inaugural Budget, she would do well to ignore advice from market sages
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
3. Ignore bond vigilantes - the advice of ex vigilante:
financiers push for austerity and low growth, because bonds have highest returns when economy slumps
'greatest compliment the bond market can give a chancellor aiming for economic rejuvenation is a mild sell-off'.
www.ft.com/content/41de...
financiers push for austerity and low growth, because bonds have highest returns when economy slumps
'greatest compliment the bond market can give a chancellor aiming for economic rejuvenation is a mild sell-off'.
www.ft.com/content/41de...
The care economy is VERY IMPORTANT. I don’t know what it will take to get the government to recognize this fact.
@offhandremarks.bsky.social @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
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SEPH-based employment growth has been relatively slow over the last 2-3 years. It increased just 1.9%, seasonally adjusted, between January 2023 and August 2025. But one standout industry has been child day-care services, jumping 20.8% over this same period and still soaring. #cdnecon
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The care economy is VERY IMPORTANT. I don’t know what it will take to get the government to recognize this fact.
@offhandremarks.bsky.social @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
@offhandremarks.bsky.social @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
This is naked white supremacy.
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is naked white supremacy.
More evidence that Elon Musk is fifth column trying to prove that billionaires are morons.
He must be getting frustrated wondering how much more obviously stupid he could possibly be.
He must be getting frustrated wondering how much more obviously stupid he could possibly be.
The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
More evidence that Elon Musk is fifth column trying to prove that billionaires are morons.
He must be getting frustrated wondering how much more obviously stupid he could possibly be.
He must be getting frustrated wondering how much more obviously stupid he could possibly be.