Interest rate hikes have brought Canada’s cost-of-living crisis to a fever pitch. And while workers are feeling the squeeze, energy corporations are reaping superprofits.
  • SCB@lemmy.world
    75·
    1 year ago

    for example through strategic price controls on energy, food, and other key inputs

    I don’t know why anyone ever takes Jacobin seriously at this point.

    The solution to rising food costs is not, in fact, to exacerbate the problem by giving producers a strong incentive to not produce food.

    • Mooniyaw
      51·
      1 year ago

      Agreed, the level of concentration in grocery distribution is worse than the telecoms. At this point they need to be broken up and run as non-profits!