There always have been people who have lied and cheated. We assume, perhaps unfairly, that…
Canada’s Business
Over the hill
Should those who are “over the hill”, the people who are middle aged or older, be…
Major changes
Retail shopping is in the midst of major changes, but the extent of that is uncertain. Some…
A worrying sign
A year or so ago a financial “expert” stated investors should liquidate their…
Misallocated capital
One of the most amazing features of our economy nowadays is that interest rates, adjusted for…
Not so
The well-known and highly respected publication The Economist, in a recent lead article entitled…
Turning of the tide
Although unemployment remains stubbornly high and wage increases are scarce, corporate profits are…
Exploiting consumers
Retailers, in efforts to lure customers, frequently offer discounts. More often than not, customers…
A mixed message
In a kind of message of Christmas cheer, it appears that the housing sector in the United States is…
More of the same
More often than not the most accurate forecasts for the weather are “more of the same.”…
The frazzled generation
In this era the past 20-somethings remain mired too often in protracted adolescence. That, plus…
Confounded
For those of us who are middle aged, or even older, the price of “things,” various…
The spread of singledom
One of the more amazing (and disappointing) trends nowadays is the spread of singledom. Being alone…
What do they do?
Conventional wisdom asserts that chief executives of major companies are overpaid, outrageously so.…
Divorced from reality
There is a pervasive complacency about the economy; this despite sub-par employment, which remains…