I read this biography partly in homage to my Lutheran background and the 500th anniversary of the reformation in 2017 – or at least of the nailing of his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg Cathedral in that year. Martin Luther was a brave man, prepared to challenge […]
Books
Plutocrats: The Rise of the new Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, by Chystia Freeland, Penguin Books, 2012
Chrystia Freeland was a business writer for the Globe and Mail and Reuters when she wrote this book. She documents the rising inequality of income that is happening globally, and especially in the US. This book demonstrates that Chrystia is a very impressive lady, and I take some comfort that […]
Oil’s Deep State: How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming – in Alberta, and in Ottawa, by Kevin Taft, Lorimer, 2017
Full disclosure, Kevin is my former MLA and a personal friend. I was given a preliminary manuscript to read. I offered a few comments and suggestions, and told Kevin it was an important book that needed to be published. I was in government through much of the time Kevin described […]
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, by Jane Meyer, Doubleday, 2016
US politics became a bit scarier to me, but also a bit more understandable, after reading this book. She describes some of the wealthiest people in the US, and how they are using their money to influence politics and further their libertarian agendas. They seek to use the media, academic […]