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Elliot Goodell Ugalde

Elliot Goodell Ugalde

National Observer

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Canada Needs a Mexico Strategy

As Washington turns economic interdependence into political leverage, Ottawa and Mexico City have more interests in common than ever.

08.06.2026 10

OpenCanada

Elliot Goodell Ugalde

Trump’s new tariffs expose a domestic problem Canada keeps deflecting

Ottawa treats forced labour as a foreign problem. The UN says it starts at home

08.06.2026 9

Canadian Dimension

Elliot Goodell Ugalde

How the U.S.‑Israel war against Iran is exposing the limits of the petrodollar system

The Iran war is now testing whether the Gulf states that have long recycled their oil revenues into American markets will keep doing so.

12.05.2026 10

The Conversation

Elliot Goodell Ugalde

The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably...

30.11.2025 60

The Conversation

Elliot Goodell Ugalde

Why Canada should apply labour protections to the rental housing sector

Canadian landlords are able negotiate from a position of structural dominance as tenants confront systemic harms — rent hikes, unsafe conditions and...

02.06.2025 30

The Conversation

Elliot Goodell Ugalde