Paying the price for a false promise of prosperity

The supply-side neoliberal economic thinking favoured by the likes of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher is driving today’s shifting political winds towards left-wing populism.

The triumvirate of Anglo colonialism—led by then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, then-Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then-U.K. prime minister Margaret Thatcher—were mainly of one mind when it came to laying the groundwork for today’s world, writes Erica Ifill.Photographs courtesy of Library and Archives Canada and U.S. National Archives

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

March 6, 2024

CALGARY—The triumvirate of Anglo colonialism—the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada—can be described in terms of the Bennet sisters of Pride and Prejudice. The U.K. is Jane, the oldest; America is Lydia, the most boisterous who throws tantrums; and ...

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