Follow the Money
eBook - ePub

Follow the Money

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Alberta's most insightful political commentator is back with another essential book. Kevin Taft, together with economists Mel McMillan and Junaid Jahangir, follows the money to uncover why Alberta — one of the richest places on earth — still talks poor when it comes to public services.

Do we really spend more than we can afford, more than we can sustain, on health care? On education? Why doesn't Alberta have enough hospital beds? Why have our schools faced teacher layoffs? Why are our city streets potholed, and why are rising numbers of Alberta children living in poverty? Where is all our wealth going? Follow the Money uncovers the truth behind the government's austerity slogans and cutbacks. The hard-hitting evidence of Follow the Money challenges Albertans to rethink the past and remake the future.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgements & Disclaimer
  5. Contents
  6. List of Graphs
  7. 1 | Where is the Wealth Going
  8. 2 | The Stunning Wealth at Stake
  9. 3 | The Big Picture Evidence on Government Spending
  10. 4 | Fact: A Shrinking Share of Wealth for Public Services
  11. 5 | Numbers as Evidence
  12. 6 | The Prime Suspect: Health Care
  13. 7 | A Diagnosis of Chronic Crisis
  14. 8 | Education (and Other Things) by the Numbers
  15. 9 | Tracking Public Money for Housing and Social Services
  16. 10 | It’s Time for a Human Services Index
  17. 11 | Tracking Transportation and Other Spending
  18. 12 | Tracking Money into Savings Funds
  19. 13 | Tracking Personal Incomes
  20. 14 | The Answer Tracked Down
  21. 15 | Hard Truths
  22. 16 | A Future to Build
  23. Afterword
  24. Facts Found on the Money Trail
  25. Data Tables and Supplementary Information
  26. Graphs
  27. Notes
  28. About the Authors