One of the most amazing features of our economy nowadays is that interest rates, adjusted for…
Canada’s Business
All but forgotten
Many of us are transfixed by the stock market, perhaps a bit like buying lottery tickets as a way…
More needs to change
Recently, there have been heated discussions about women’s experience in the workplace and in…
Group thinking
In general, people’s decisions in the market are made on their own information and then, to a…
Fatal concerns
Just as the world failed to realize in 1914 that it was atop a powder keg about to explode in the…
All but forgotten
The housing industry, which is so important for Canada’s economy, is on a kind of death…
Marketing mania
Most of us know that when we endorse the back of a cheque, we assume responsibility for that…
Good teachers
There really is no more important profession than teaching, which is so essential for our future…
Alarm bells
Recently-released economic statistics should trigger alarm bells in Canada. Our nation’s…
A nightmare?
Every now and then some commentators come up with a nightmare scenario where technology displaces a…
A precarious economy
Something un-Canadian has been happening to our economy. Hitherto we have been known for our…
Robin Hood economics
From time immemorial a popular proposal of politicians is to “soak” the rich. It…
The new power centre
Formerly of course the chief executive of a corporation was the leading spokesperson, always in the…
An enduring register
A great number of investment “experts” deride gold. They cite the fact that it pays no…
Irrational voters
After some recent elections, it appears that our politicians think that voters are irrational. From…