EP 238: Eddie Sheppard on Canada's Precarity Mindset

About this episode

Eddie Sheppard discusses the prevalence of a 'precarity mindset' among Canadians in the face of ongoing uncertainty.

In recent years, the world has become an increasingly unstable place. Our guest on the program this week says that Canadians have adopted a “precarity mindset.” And now, roughly nine out of ten Canadians believe this uncertainty is here to stay — that it is, in fact, the new normal. Eddie Sheppard is executive vice president at Abacus Data. His analysis for Abacus is From Crisis to Condition: The Psychology of Canadian Uncertainty. You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on S...

People in this episode

Host: Tara Henley

Guest: Eddie Sheppard

Topics covered

• precarity mindset
• Canadian uncertainty
• psychology
• social analysis
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Canada
• precarity
• uncertainty
• Eddie Sheppard
• Abacus Data
• psychology
• social commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abacus Data

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