Elliot Rossiter
@elliotrossiter.bsky.social
Philosophy prof at Douglas College. Currently working on the Changing the Conversation project. Mostly interested in reading stuff related to housing, cities, and justice.
I thought delegations were an opportunity to use abstruse philosophical jargon in front of a public audience
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I thought delegations were an opportunity to use abstruse philosophical jargon in front of a public audience
As a Leafs fan, my failure has materialized over the course of my entire life
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
As a Leafs fan, my failure has materialized over the course of my entire life
If you're at all interested in that type of economics, I tend to read a fair bit of stuff coming out of the Levy Institute at Columbia: www.levyinstitute.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you're at all interested in that type of economics, I tend to read a fair bit of stuff coming out of the Levy Institute at Columbia: www.levyinstitute.org
The Keynesian assumption in your comment isn't implausible on the surface (countercyclical saving and spending), but I think the economy is more complex for a variety of reasons beyond the scope of a Bluesky thread. In short, I tend to think that Post-Keynesian and MMT approaches are more plausible.
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Keynesian assumption in your comment isn't implausible on the surface (countercyclical saving and spending), but I think the economy is more complex for a variety of reasons beyond the scope of a Bluesky thread. In short, I tend to think that Post-Keynesian and MMT approaches are more plausible.
I'm happy to engage on this topic, but ideally not with an anonymous account. Nevertheless, the cupboards are bare metaphor doesn't work for two reasons: first, there's lots of evidence that austerity measures don't generate economic growth; and second, sovereign fiat currencies don't work that way.
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I'm happy to engage on this topic, but ideally not with an anonymous account. Nevertheless, the cupboards are bare metaphor doesn't work for two reasons: first, there's lots of evidence that austerity measures don't generate economic growth; and second, sovereign fiat currencies don't work that way.
I missed the cookies!
October 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I missed the cookies!
Well, I can't say that I have strong feelings about the Music Man one way or the other (aside from that Gary, Indiana song sometimes being an earworm), but I'd be happy to hear your takes on the musical sometime.
October 1, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Well, I can't say that I have strong feelings about the Music Man one way or the other (aside from that Gary, Indiana song sometimes being an earworm), but I'd be happy to hear your takes on the musical sometime.
The post itself is an interesting assessment of the limits of looking at housing starts rather than sales in assessing the productivity of housing markets in the present, though presumably sales volume is less reliable as an indicator where a greater share of new units are purpose-built rental.
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The post itself is an interesting assessment of the limits of looking at housing starts rather than sales in assessing the productivity of housing markets in the present, though presumably sales volume is less reliable as an indicator where a greater share of new units are purpose-built rental.
A robust expansion of non-market housing through Build Canada Homes would be a good nation-building project and would fit with the kind of mission-oriented economic framework that Carney lays out in his values book, though this would require a turn from the current austerity governance approach.
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
A robust expansion of non-market housing through Build Canada Homes would be a good nation-building project and would fit with the kind of mission-oriented economic framework that Carney lays out in his values book, though this would require a turn from the current austerity governance approach.
You and the Music Man have different sentiments about Gary, Indiana - catchy tune regardless!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z617...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z617...
The Music Man - Gary Indiana(1080p)
YouTube video by Joe Simonetta
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You and the Music Man have different sentiments about Gary, Indiana - catchy tune regardless!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z617...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z617...
This was my inspiration!
September 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This was my inspiration!
Hopefully I sleep better tonight! 😀
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Hopefully I sleep better tonight! 😀
Not that anyone is interested, but my case for this sentence is the following: politicians running for this party are themselves Vote Vancouver voters (presuming they vote for themselves) whom Vote Vancouver voters vote for, and we sometimes use the verb "vote" without the preposition "for".
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Not that anyone is interested, but my case for this sentence is the following: politicians running for this party are themselves Vote Vancouver voters (presuming they vote for themselves) whom Vote Vancouver voters vote for, and we sometimes use the verb "vote" without the preposition "for".
This opens up a lot of possibilities for sentences that reduplicate these words. While tossing and turning last night, I came up with the following (grammatical, I would argue) sentence: "Vote Vancouver voters Vote Vancouver voters vote vote Vote Vancouver".
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This opens up a lot of possibilities for sentences that reduplicate these words. While tossing and turning last night, I came up with the following (grammatical, I would argue) sentence: "Vote Vancouver voters Vote Vancouver voters vote vote Vote Vancouver".
The Ivanova webinar looks quite interesting and I'll have to watch it sometime, though one of my favourite critiques of Laffer Curve logic is this older article by Philip Mirowski - not least because it begins with a Tom Stoppard quote.
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4...
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4...
www.jstor.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Ivanova webinar looks quite interesting and I'll have to watch it sometime, though one of my favourite critiques of Laffer Curve logic is this older article by Philip Mirowski - not least because it begins with a Tom Stoppard quote.
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4...
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4...
Yes, Dan's Diner is great!
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Yes, Dan's Diner is great!
The college actually got rid of our coffee machine a year or two ago. And to be honest, I can't help but feel a hint of nostalgia for its chalky lattes now that I think about it again.
September 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The college actually got rid of our coffee machine a year or two ago. And to be honest, I can't help but feel a hint of nostalgia for its chalky lattes now that I think about it again.
In low moments, like when I'm grading exams late into the night, I've turned to the college coffee machine only to be reminded again why I forswore it in the past - but then my memory fades as another term goes by, and its gentle hum becomes something of a siren song to me.
September 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In low moments, like when I'm grading exams late into the night, I've turned to the college coffee machine only to be reminded again why I forswore it in the past - but then my memory fades as another term goes by, and its gentle hum becomes something of a siren song to me.
The students that I have who seek to both think deeply and love their communities deeply bring me hope. Through housing research stuff, I've been privileged to work with a lot of students who are passionate about addressing suffering and injustice in various ways.
August 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The students that I have who seek to both think deeply and love their communities deeply bring me hope. Through housing research stuff, I've been privileged to work with a lot of students who are passionate about addressing suffering and injustice in various ways.
I was disappointed to read through without seeing the phrase "pedaling the woke agenda" - it felt like an obvious rhetorical choice for this kind of hit piece.
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I was disappointed to read through without seeing the phrase "pedaling the woke agenda" - it felt like an obvious rhetorical choice for this kind of hit piece.