Long ago, bands of English artisans, Luddites, rioted against mechanization and destroyed…
Canada’s Business
A dramatic and troubling tale of omens
Most in the financial industry have been preoccupied by the comments of the Bank of Canada and the…
The Boomerang Generation
The boomerang, a remarkable invention, returns thrown objects back to their originators. Hence, it…
A good corporate board is critical
Given the news recently, it is obvious that all too frequently corporations either accidentally, or…
People have strange ways of judging underlying quality
Strange as it seems, when buying clothes people likely will look at the designer’s label…
Retailers must learn to reconfigure themselves; and cater to less well off
For a change, the newly poor rather than the newly rich, represent a growing and huge market.…
Is small really beautiful
Several years ago a book entitled Small Is Beautiful written by E.F. Schumacher tried to make case…
Focusing on size
The public (and policy makers) focus on size of businesses. Everyone loves small firms. Yet, this…
A mixed message
In a kind of message of Christmas cheer, it appears that the housing sector in the United States is…
Becoming blurred
Over the next couple of decades, rural North America will undergo a drastic change. That will…
A rude awakening
A few decades ago George Santayana, a philosopher, wrote, “Those who forget the past are…
Discouraging expectations
A “talking head” on television recently was spouting his views on the economy. This…
An upward trend in prices
Naysayers constantly claim that commodity prices are due to decline, and in fact, have not climbed…
The new old trend
Economists often refer to a “reversion to the mean” where trends go back to the…
Organizational complexity
In business and in government, there are too many cases of management consisting of mismanagement.…