Three things leaders can do to prepare for calamity
My father had a stroke last week. Thankfully, at almost 83, this is one of…
Taxing savers is not the solution to Canada’s economic woes
Now that the federal election is over, several financial sector experts and economists are turning…
Relax, everything is going to turn out just fine
Some of the biggest conflicts we face are about the frustration we feel when we…
Cash is still king in Switzerland and it’s paying off
When I audited an economics class in the Rice University School of Business, the lecturer…
How many restaurants do we really need in Canada?
Did we have too many restaurants before the COVID-19 pandemic? Did the pandemic only wipe…
Warning shots fired over cryptocurrencies?
Canadian and British regulators are on an entirely different wavelength to a significant portion of…
What the future of energy looks like
The kingdom of Queen Elizabeth I was humming along quite nicely when, around the mid-1500s,…
Oil prices on the rise as output squeezed
Is Brent crude oil heading toward US$80 a barrel? If the market signals and the…
Focus on your goals to put them within reach
The news is filled with folks complaining. From politics to economics and everything in between,…
Why wind and solar energy aren’t the answer to reducing global emissions
In a previous column I pointed out that since switching coal-fuelled power plants to natural…