Long-overdue changes in corporate governance are taking place. Hitherto, shareholders and boards of…
Canada’s Business
Exploiting consumers
Retailers, in efforts to lure customers, frequently offer discounts. More often than not, customers…
Familiar pattern
The pattern is strangely familiar. Investors at the beginning of the year start to believe that the…
Shaking up the economy
What is underway is the rise of the “sharing economy” that will shake up our financial…
Shopping calendar
As we note the dwindling hours of daylight and start to settle in for the long winter ahead, the…
Particular difficulties
Over the past few decades, urban areas grew wealthier and less crime-ridden, while house prices…
Millennials’ problems
There clearly is a growing problem among millennials, those born between the years 1985 and 2000.…
A shining star
Politicians so often have proved to be a disappointment, so we are inclined to look askance at…
‘Veblenitis’
It is surprising to note the continuation of high-end consumption nowadays. Examples abound of the…
An object lesson
In the year 2007 Stelco was purchased by the U.S. Steel Corporation for $1.1 billion. At that time…
The consensus view
The widespread, conventional view about the course of short-term comfort is that all is well…
Negative trends
Something is happening in the corporate world that has not taken place in this generation. Hitherto…
A political tranquilizer
In the previous century John Maynard Keynes was widely followed as an expert in guiding an economy…
Hubris
Definition of hubris – a great, foolish amount of pride and confidence. History is replete…
The decline of civility
There has been such a pronounced decline in civility in recent years that it is now adversely…