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Auditor general finds social housing supports stagnated as waitlists swelled
Auditor General Denise Hanrahan has released a long-awaited report on social housing in the province — and the review is far from glowing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-auditor-general-report-social-housing-9.7133778?cmp=rss

acemaxx Feb 22, 2025

#Germany is the only G7 economy with debt below 100% of GDP – and the only economy that has #stagnated for 3y due to #demand weakness and acute lack of #investment, chart @reuters.com https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/global-markets-view-usa-2025-02-21/

Allan Engelhardt Jan 11, 2025

This one is long, but outstandingly good if you want to understand why #Britain has #stagnated.

> What we must do is surprisingly simple: get Britain building by removing barriers and lowering costs. If we can establish these foundations, growth and dynamism will follow. We have done this before. We can do it again.

https://ukfoundations.co/

Foundations

Why Britain has stagnated

acemaxx Mar 14, 2024

Galvanised by the sharp rise in living costs and a deepening labour shortage, #Japan ’s trade unions have negotiated an increase in #wages, marking a milestone in a country where real wages have #stagnated since the late 1990s, chart @FT https://www.ft.com/content/4dded4bb-a608-4f9a-9f54-e6af47caef8f