One of Those Who Considers Himself the Most Intelligent Mind in the Room
"I believe you are mischaracterizing this work. As an academic of nearly 40 years, I see no evidence of plagiarism in the thesis you cited nor any unusual academic practices.""Mark's thesis was evaluated and approved by a faculty committee that saw his work for what it is; an impressive and thoroughly researched analysis that set him apart from his peers."Margaret Meyer, Official Fellow of Economics, Nuffield College, Oxford University"Oxford's guidelines are not atypical from other universities.""When you have something lifted verbatim from a source, in there without quotation marks or citation ... that constitutes plagiarism."Oxford graduate professor"He's just directly repeating without quotations. That's what we call plagiarism.""[Some of Liberal Leader Mark Carney's thesis questions might be considered by some as more of a] grey area, [but it would still constitute plagiarism according to Oxford standards.""It seems like it's [examples of plagiarism] all over the dissertation."Geoffrey Sigalet, assistant professor, member UBC president's advisory committee on student discipline
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that elite economist and now leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Mark Carney, who has taken on the as-yet-unelected mantle of Canadian Prime Minister's 1995 doctoral thesis in economics from Oxford University, titled 'The Dynamic Advantage of Competition' is fairly well shot through with examples of plagiarism, an absolute sin in academic circles, as it is in journalism and other recorded-word disciplines. A total corruption of what is felt to be authentic, original observations based on study and analysis.
According to the learned judgement of three university academics there are ten distinct instances of apparent plagiarism in that doctoral thesis. Full quotes, paraphrases, or slightly modified quotes from four different writers previously published were used by this aspiring economist completely lacking acknowledgement or proper attribution. In the investigation leading to an expose published just recently, Oxford University administrators failed to respond to a request for comment.
His election adversary, Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, did respond by commenting on X:
Mark Carney loves to brag about his experience. Here it is:
- - Plagiarism
- - Tax evasion
- - Creative accounting -
- Abusing tenants
- - Union busting
- - Moving his headquarters out of Canada to the U.S.
- - Denying insurance claims to coal miners dying of black lung
- - Taking massive loans from Chinese state-owned banks
- - Advisor to Justin Trudeau on the economy
Examples abound of Mr. Carney's laissez-faire attitude toward straightforward truth where he has been caught out on a number of occasions dissembling and playing with verifiable facts in an effort to shield himself from the responsibility incumbent on one who expects to be believed by a wide segment of the population when he declares himself fit and prepared to lead a nation. So perhaps it isn't quite surprising that his lax demeanor reflecting a propensity to lift other peoples' ideas and present them as his own has become habitual with the man.
There is the direct example of his lifting and adopting ideas and promises made by the Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament during the current federal election campaign. Barely changing the wording of campaign pledges originating with Pierre Poilievre, to present them as his very own inspirations to better the lives of Canadians. Making other statements to appeal to the electorate that clearly belie his oft-stated beliefs and priorities which clash directly with those statements geared to impress voters in a positive manner.
In Mr. Carney's thesis he refers extensively to a 1990 book by Michael Porter, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, where he duplicated parts of Porter's work, presenting sentences with minor tweaks, as his very own brainchilds. Writing in his thesis virtually exactly what he had taken out of Porter's book, adding "an" to a sentence and "even", without quotation marks to alert the reader, without the addition of a footnote to reference someone else's work being quoted.
All perfectly acceptable, according to his thesis supervisor at Oxford who stated that "it is typical that overlapping language appears" when sources are "frequently referenced in an academic text. For example, over the course of this more than 300-page thesis, the Michael Porter book ... is cited dozens of times. Within his thesis, Mark acknowledged, cited, scrutinized and expanded on this piece", she elaborated, noting that his PHD thesis is "twice as long" as her own. Statements that should raise some eyebrows.
In some instances Mr. Carney duplicates another author's sentences using minor alterations, replacing "for example", with "e.g.", or changing one or a few words, for "be" to "become", or "likelihood" to "probability". Proper citation was not added to indicate he had lifted an author's words, nor were quotation marks added. Shifty practices which anyone who considers themselves as highly intelligent as Carney does, would acknowledge them to be.
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"[Plagiarism is regarded by Oxford University] as a serious matter.""Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence.""[Oxford University defines plagiarism as [p]resenting work or ideas from another source as your own ... by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement."Oxford University Website
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| On its website, Oxford University says it regards plagiarism “as a serious matter.” Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images |
Labels: 1995 Oxford Doctorate, Canadian Federal Election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Plagiarism
posted by Pieface @ Tuesday, April 01, 2025
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