Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers,…
Canada’s Business
That major imbalance
Long ago, U.S. President Eisenhower warned his nation about the dangers stemming from the…
The Boomerang Generation
The boomerang, a remarkable invention, returns thrown objects back to their originators. Hence, it…
Creatures of habit
People pretty much are creatures of habit. Inasmuch as they are set in an unvarying routine, this…
Completely unreliable economic forecasts can cause problems
Most of us would like to be able to rely on forecasts from an authoritative source. Predictions, of…
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…
Universities lost their way
Our universities appear to be on top of the world. It has become almost a necessity that a young…
Prosperity problems coming with our dollar being greatly overvalued
A recent newspaper headline, Canadian trade deficit nears record, should disturb us all and serve…
Shoplifting has become a serious problem
Many of us have seen the shop owner on television who caught a shoplifter and then forcibly tied…
Irrational exuberance in some areas of markets
Many now acknowledge that stock markets in the previous decade were beset, in the words of the…
Facing some facts about our current economic difficulties
A cure cannot be forthcoming unless there is an awareness of the problem. Right now most…
Indications are stock market is going nowhere until economy fully recovers
Criticism has been directed at this column for being too negative about the stock market. However,…
Dumb money in time for investing
Small investors often are portrayed as the “dumb money.” It has been said that in…
The athletic tail is wagging the university dog for donations
Almost all graduates of post-secondary institutions remain enthusiastic supporters of their alma…
Now-ism
Nowadays supermarkets stock tens of thousands of different products. That creates a problem as…