The Missing Middle Podcast
Welcome to the Missing Middle, a podcast about why the middle class in Canada is disappearing. We hope to help you understand why life is becoming unaffordable for so many in this country, and what can be done to reverse course.
The Missing Middle Podcast
Latest Episodes
How Every Gift Card Is an Interest-Free Loan to a Corporation
Gift cards might feel like free money or a clever budget hack, but they are really interest-free loans to stores that make billions in profit when you forget to spend them.In this episode of Classonomics, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mi...
Is It Time to Abolish Property Tax Deferrals?
Are property tax deferral programs really helping struggling seniors, or are they subsidizing wealthy homeowners at everyone else's expense?In this episode of DemograFix, Cara Stern and Mike Moffatt unpack the hidden costs of seni...
Is Alberta Killing Its Housing Advantage? | Interview with Millennial Moron
Can Alberta keep its title as Canada's housing affordability champion, or is it about to become its own worst enemy?In this episode of Classonomics, Mike Moffatt and Millennial Moron dig into Alberta's growing housing battles. Why is Dan...
Parking Is Ruining Our Cities. Here’s Why | Henry Grabar
Why is housing so expensive? Parking might be part of the answer.In this episode of DemograFix, Cara Stern talks to Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, about how parking minimums, parking costs and ca...
The "Kitchen Window Test": Why Modern Housing Fails Kids
In this episode of Classonomix, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt break down what actually makes a home “family-friendly,” and what a survey of 4,000 Canadians reveals about whether townhomes, strawberry-box bungalows, and apartment towers are ...
