Banks and advisers aid scams and ruin farmers in Kenilworth
A letter from Kenilworth Ontario recounts a young farmer swayed by a banker to sell assets and take on a high interest Farm Credit mortgage. He refinanced via a 21 percent bank loan and 9 percent FCC loan, then faced crushing debt as rent and wages barely cover payments while the bank accrues interest. The reader cautions against trusting free advice from corporate middle managers and professionals.
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Reggie's Ramblings on Royalty Spelling Bees and Reagan
A reader writes from Burnaby criticizing royal family wealth as funded by citizens. A Texas letter notes a road sign misreading. Florida spelling bees crown fifty girls as champions, nineteen boys. A hotel lobby quips Reagan’s economy claims as a pipedream.
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Marx’s theory and capitalism’s fate in modern critique
Paul Hellyer surveys Karl Marx’s influence a century after his death. He argues Marx was a theologian of abstractions and his utopian socialism failed to address real monetary cycles. The piece traces capitalism’s booms and busts, Keynesian shifts, and ongoing appeal of Marxist ideas amid financial misery.
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Tenterhooks
Marx
Maynard Keynes
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