Linda McQuaig

"e are assured not just that things will work out over time, but that scarcity is "vanishing before our eyes." Why, look - even as we watch - those 2.8 billion people are going to find food on their pl…"

"Like chewing gum or hair gel, water is to be sold by the private sector at market rates. The needs of the people are all that's left out of this equation.... World Bank document cites the "willingness…"

"contention that today's rich person is simply the winner of a "race that is open for anyone to enter" takes no account of inheritance or how we are equipped as we enter that race. It doesn't acknowled…"

"One of the striking aspects of the new trade deals is that while they have invested corporations with a new set of rights, they have attached no responsibilities to those rights. Notice how the lawsui…"

"Private courier companies are fine to handle the lucrative parts of the business. But they have little interest in servicing remote communities, so these areas get poor or non-existent service. Simila…"

"Short-term inequality remains a problem," writes D'Souza... "but is it a problem we can live with?" …After searching his soul for a few seconds, he apparently concludes that we can live with it. Of co…"

"Thomas Friedman dismissed the protesters in Quebec City as members of the "Coalition to Keep Poor People Poor." …The Coalition to Keep Poor People Poor might as well disband; its apparent goal is bein…"

"It is almost enough to make one's jaw drop to think that officials at the World Bank and the IMF would suggest that they have poverty alleviation in mind when they force governments to withdraw subsid…"