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The energy industry claims there’s no proof fracking hurts the environment, but it turns out they’ve made sure there’s no proof, by paying complainers in exchange for their silence. Here is a direct link.

More perspective on slowing global demand and recent “strength” in US exports. Banking on continued demand from over-indebted, under-saved Canadians in the midst of a stagnant (and falling) housing market? Not to mention the fact that the Canadian dollar has … Continue reading →

More postcards from the real economy: enormous global overcapacity is proving a formidable headwind to growth expectations. World trade has been falling since 2010 and the world is awash in overcapacity and oversupply: this is the same “huge misjudgment of … Continue reading →