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)
You can now apply for a portion of the bread price fixing settlement as CanadianBreadSettlement.ca.
But don't forget that bread prices remain 20% higher than before the price-fixing began.
But don't forget that bread prices remain 20% higher than before the price-fixing began.
September 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You can now apply for a portion of the bread price fixing settlement as CanadianBreadSettlement.ca.
But don't forget that bread prices remain 20% higher than before the price-fixing began.
But don't forget that bread prices remain 20% higher than before the price-fixing began.
The Carney government thinks that deregulation and cutting public sector jobs will solve soaring unemployment.
This is modern-day bloodletting. Bad policies based on a bad theory.
This is modern-day bloodletting. Bad policies based on a bad theory.
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Carney government thinks that deregulation and cutting public sector jobs will solve soaring unemployment.
This is modern-day bloodletting. Bad policies based on a bad theory.
This is modern-day bloodletting. Bad policies based on a bad theory.
“Using quantum”
This from the Carney Liberals on their G7 priorities is pure hype and a deeply unserious way for a government to speak.
Only an economist could get away with it.
This from the Carney Liberals on their G7 priorities is pure hype and a deeply unserious way for a government to speak.
Only an economist could get away with it.
June 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“Using quantum”
This from the Carney Liberals on their G7 priorities is pure hype and a deeply unserious way for a government to speak.
Only an economist could get away with it.
This from the Carney Liberals on their G7 priorities is pure hype and a deeply unserious way for a government to speak.
Only an economist could get away with it.
Is this as bad as it sounds? Because it sounds like it is granting pretty sweeping power of search & seizure without a warrant.
June 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Is this as bad as it sounds? Because it sounds like it is granting pretty sweeping power of search & seizure without a warrant.
Betting markets now have Poilievre down into single digits.
April 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Betting markets now have Poilievre down into single digits.
Poilievre at low double-digits on the betting markets.
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Poilievre at low double-digits on the betting markets.
The deluded Funkes probably has broader appeal.
April 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The deluded Funkes probably has broader appeal.
I know that this is niche. But my brain was not going to do anything else until I posted it.
April 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I know that this is niche. But my brain was not going to do anything else until I posted it.
The Conservative plan claims that tax cuts for the richest 0.13% will actually INCREASE revenue.
This nonsense has been disproved again and again and again.
This nonsense has been disproved again and again and again.
April 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Conservative plan claims that tax cuts for the richest 0.13% will actually INCREASE revenue.
This nonsense has been disproved again and again and again.
This nonsense has been disproved again and again and again.
I’ve always contended this pyramid the Liberal government used to visualize its climate strategy is upside down.
March 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I’ve always contended this pyramid the Liberal government used to visualize its climate strategy is upside down.
The 15% fall in $TSLA means the company Musk did not found is down 11% since Trump was elected President. At one point, it was up almost 100%.
The S&P 500 is down 2% since the election.
The S&P 500 is down 2% since the election.
March 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The 15% fall in $TSLA means the company Musk did not found is down 11% since Trump was elected President. At one point, it was up almost 100%.
The S&P 500 is down 2% since the election.
The S&P 500 is down 2% since the election.
Canadian corporations are already holding on to the extra markup they claimed during the pandemic-induced inflation.
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Canadian corporations are already holding on to the extra markup they claimed during the pandemic-induced inflation.
At least Apple Maps isn’t peddling Trump’s culture war idiocy.
February 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
At least Apple Maps isn’t peddling Trump’s culture war idiocy.
Hey, Google Maps. Fuck off with this bullshit.
February 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Hey, Google Maps. Fuck off with this bullshit.
Read this book to understand how we can simultaneously deal with Canada’s
✅ climate crisis
✅ housing crisis
✅ sovereignty threat
✅ poverty and plutocracy.
✅ climate crisis
✅ housing crisis
✅ sovereignty threat
✅ poverty and plutocracy.
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Read this book to understand how we can simultaneously deal with Canada’s
✅ climate crisis
✅ housing crisis
✅ sovereignty threat
✅ poverty and plutocracy.
✅ climate crisis
✅ housing crisis
✅ sovereignty threat
✅ poverty and plutocracy.
Even if this is due to under-resourcing before Musk/Trump, their slash-and-burn agenda will only make this worse.
January 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Even if this is due to under-resourcing before Musk/Trump, their slash-and-burn agenda will only make this worse.
Don't fall for meganumerophobia—the fear of big numbers.
The 2023 federal deficit is only 2.1% of GDP, the same as in 2010.
The 2023 federal deficit is only 2.1% of GDP, the same as in 2010.
December 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Don't fall for meganumerophobia—the fear of big numbers.
The 2023 federal deficit is only 2.1% of GDP, the same as in 2010.
The 2023 federal deficit is only 2.1% of GDP, the same as in 2010.
This chart is an indictment of the US for-profit health care system.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
December 6, 2024 at 7:29 PM
This chart is an indictment of the US for-profit health care system.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.
Really keeping current with my music choices.
December 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Really keeping current with my music choices.
Arin Dube has an imitator. Fake Arin is on the left. Real is on the right @arindube.bsky.social
The fake has a 1 in its handle.
The fake has a 1 in its handle.
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Arin Dube has an imitator. Fake Arin is on the left. Real is on the right @arindube.bsky.social
The fake has a 1 in its handle.
The fake has a 1 in its handle.
Stephen Harper’s economic mismanagement is responsible for many of our current economic woes.
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Stephen Harper’s economic mismanagement is responsible for many of our current economic woes.
I was given a celebrity lookalike I’ve never heard before. I’ve gotten worse!
November 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I was given a celebrity lookalike I’ve never heard before. I’ve gotten worse!
My style and policy icon.
November 20, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My style and policy icon.