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The Disappearing "Third Place": Why Making Friends Is Getting Harder
Season 1 Episode 153
Why is it so hard to make friends once you leave school? In this episode of The Missing Middle, Cara Stern and Mike Moffatt dive into the "Loneliness…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Hidden Job Market Crisis No One Is Talking About
Season 1 Episode 152
The unemployment rate says everything is fine. So why does finding a job feel impossible?
Canada has added nearly 200,000 jobs and unemployment sits a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Canadian Transit is Failing Families (and How to Fix It)
Season 1 Episode 151
Does having a baby mean you're officially "car-dependent"?
In this episode of DemograFix, Cara Stern and Reece Martin, of @RMTrasit, tackle the reali…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Risky Bets Are Rational in a Housing Crisis
Season 1 Episode 150
Your 20s: risky bets, crypto hype, and meme stocks. 🎲 Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt explain why being priced out of a home is turning saving into…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
AI is Killing Entry-Level Jobs: The 13% Drop Nobody is Talking About
Season 1 Episode 149
Yesterday, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Mackem warned that early evidence shows AI is reducing the number of entry-level jobs available.
Are we headi…
5 months ago
Canada’s Starter Home Is Dead
Season 1 Episode 148
Canada’s housing ladder is broken. In this episode of Missing Middle, Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt explain why the starter home no longer works …
5 months ago
Canada’s Demographic Time Bomb: What Boom, Bust & Echo Got Right
Season 1 Episode 147
Canada’s housing crisis. Youth unemployment. Immigration debates. A broken healthcare system.
What if we told you a book published in 1996 predicted a…
5 months, 1 week ago
These Changes Can Help Make Homes Affordable for Young People
Season 1 Episode 146
In this episode of The Missing Middle, Mike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux dig into why homeownership for Canadians under 40 has fallen off a cliff. Sp…
5 months, 1 week ago
You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy: Is That Our Future?
Season 1 Episode 145
Do you actually own the things you pay for anymore?
In this episode of the Missing Middle Podcast, economist Mike Moffatt and Cara Stern explore how o…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Hidden Tax on City Living: How Crime and Disorder Undermine Density
Season 1 Episode 144
From breath mints and car break-ins to bouncers at the Rogers store, urban life is starting to feel a lot more “on alert.” In this episode of The Mis…
5 months, 2 weeks ago