Monetarism’s failings are giving rise to the new economy of wellbeing
The world is changing. And while many of these changes are obvious, such as the revolution in technology or the tectonic shifts in world politics, there are also significant changes taking place in the ideas that underpin the science of economics. Why do these ideas matter? They matter because economics is a foundational science. The…
Social enterprises think through the social, environmental and personal impacts of everything they do
Social enterprises and the rise of the new capitalism FREE to subscribers EDMONTON, AB, Apr 7, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Companies are changing. They are coming to recognize that the future requires them to develop a different business model – one that focuses on multiple bottom lines, not just profit. Companies which relentlessly focus on…
The most successful economies today are also the most indebted
Purchase Something’s wrong with capitalism EDMONTON, AB, Feb 16, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Is it just me, or does the fabric of global capitalism seems to be unraveling? It seems the sovereign debt dragon was just sleeping and has now roared out of it’s den once again and is starting to snort fire all the…
Any attempt to equate capitalism and communism is wrong-headed
Download "Capitalism" saved the world CALGARY, TORONTO OUT CALGARY, AB, Feb 10, 2015/ Troy Media/ - In a recent column from a Toronto journalist on communism and capitalism, the writer made an astonishing claim: While “millions have been the tragic victims of communism,” Roy MacGregor wrote, “that number pales, surely, in comparison with the victims…
Purchase We are on a slippery slope to a Downton Abbey economy EDMONTON, AB, Feb 9, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Are we heading for a Downton Abbey economy, with its elitist Upstairs/Downstairs society? The numbers tell a chilling story. Today the top 1 per cent of Americans own 40 per cent of all asset wealth…
Economist Thomas Piketty's conclusions on inequality are blowing apart the ideological pillars of modern capitalism
EDMONTON, AB, May 5, 2014/ Troy Media/ - You know you’re a famous economist when you’re being compared to legends like Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes. Thomas Piketty’s new book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has stunned the science of economics by demonstrating that rising (wealth) inequality is structural, built-in to the…
January 20, 2013 CALGARY, AB, Jan. 20, 2013/ Troy Media/ - You might think the federal Conservatives, who added $125-billion to the federal debt since 2008 and will add another $21-billion by the end of March, might be shy about unnecessary expenditures. Alas, that's not the case, as it appears Prime Minister Stephen Harper and…
The world is changing. And while many of these changes are obvious, such as the revolution in technology or the tectonic shifts in world politics, there are also significant changes taking place in the ideas that underpin the science of economics. Why do these ideas matter? They matter because economics is a foundational science. The…