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Robert Sweeny
Indy Essay
News
Taxes and fairness, Part 2: Anti-social transfers
Robert Sweeny
May 7, 2018
Indy Essay
News
Taxes and fairness, Part 1: Danny’s other legacy
Robert Sweeny
April 30, 2018
Politics by Numbers
Enabling dependency
How can we explain the continued government inaction in the face of the worst recession since the cod moratorium?
Robert Sweeny
April 20, 2017
Politics by Numbers
Estimating the damage
What is actually being cut in this budget?
Robert Sweeny
May 6, 2016
Politics by Numbers
Is there a democratic alternative to austerity?
Other places have experimented with austerity, so we don't have to. Here's how Newfoundland and Labrador can avoid known mistakes and put itself on a…
Robert Sweeny
April 2, 2016
Politics by Numbers
Why TPP rhymes with refugee
What could a major new trade deal and the way the Harper Conservatives have chosen to handle the refugee crisis possibly have in common?
Robert Sweeny
October 16, 2015
Politics by Numbers
On a rock in a hard place: MUN and the Davis Budget
Properly funding and managing Memorial University are fundamental public policy issues and far too important to be left to senior administration or the provincial government.
Robert Sweeny
May 19, 2015
Politics by Numbers
Words matter
Does Paul Davis represent a change for the Tories? A comparison of the language used by the provincial government with that of Davis during his…
Robert Sweeny
September 20, 2014
Politics by Numbers
A good news budget?
Two things worth knowing that you might not have heard about Thursday’s budget
Robert Sweeny
March 29, 2014
The View from Left Field
When little means a lot
Tom Marshall’s first and last speech from the throne is as remarkable for what it does not say as for what it does
Robert Sweeny
March 15, 2014
Politics by Numbers
Spending our way to more poverty
In 2006, Danny Williams declared poverty reduction a strategic priority for the province. Since then childhood poverty has risen 70%.
Robert Sweeny
October 3, 2013
Arts & Culture
Politics by Numbers
Art knows no borders
Why are there limitations on whose art can be procured?
Robert Sweeny
June 12, 2012
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