For anyone shopping in grocery stores it is obvious that price increases over the past year have…
Canada’s Business
A real economic possibility
For the past few months there has loomed the real possibility of serious deflation. That would…
The same old errors in economic policies are being repeated once again
Even though it has not worked in the past, we are repeating over and over the policy that has led…
A shift in psychology for shoppers, retailers
“Gimme!” is a common plea of youngsters, particularly when they are on a shopping…
It all depends
What happens in China will have a profound impact on Canada’s business. Events in that Asian…
Transformation worth copying
More often than not, we Canadians reject copying any ideas from south of the border. It may seem…
The last hurrah
According to the consumer price index, inflation is under control. Nonetheless, those numbers were…
Consumers will make do, so suppliers might start to hurt a little
Consumer-goods firms everywhere are in the middle of a very grim time. What is significant is not…
A big change: Non-profit groups are no longer horribly inefficient
There are innumerable examples of non-profit organizations that usually are advised to become more…
Are people doing better than two years ago?
Politicians routinely ask voters if they are better off than, say, two years ago. The average…
Investors must understand facts of life
It should come as no surprise that investment firms’ recommendations so often are wide of a…
Crooked investment is simply bad for business
Many years ago a stockbroker, benefitting from some insider information, made a sizable profit. His…
Travelling less
Now that the summer holiday season has come to a close, it has become obvious that all of us are…
Confounded
For those of us who are middle aged, or even older, the price of “things,” various…
Union problem
Over the past few years unions in Canada have had little success in organizing non-union companies,…