The fallacy of the American dream
Recently a Chinese billionaire made a provocative and, at its core, American statement. In an article translated by the Cambridge Entrepreneur Academy, Jack Ma, executive…
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Monetary policy, debt, and unions
Kevin Linklater, staff Following the global financial crisis of 2008-09, the Canadian economy was held up as a model in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…
Point/Counterpoint
Foster Lyle, staff Take any finance course and you will hear that a free market is an efficient market. A free market is one where…
Espionage secures Canada’s energy advantage
Tariq Sohail In the past few weeks, there have been some new revelations about economic espionage leaked to the media by former National Security Agency…
Consumerism and the ‘right now!’ era
Steve Snyder, volunteer staff In business, one is always confined by the triple constraints. Fast, cheap, or good: choose two. As a society, for the…
Over-regulating the small guy
Earlier this month, the Manitoba Agriculture-Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) collected and is currently slated to destroy thousands of dollars of agricultural product from a…
Local businesses, not big-box stores, stimulate local economies
IKEA (that Swedish mega-store that sells cheap furniture that you struggle to assemble) opened a store in Winnipeg off of Kenaston this past year. It…
Post-recession, it’s an ‘uphill battle’ for young people seeking jobs: study
Network, volunteer to start your career, say experts
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Maximize your cultural clout
Want to change the face of the Internet? Want to maximize your cultural clout? Click on ad. Don’t read ad, close ad. That’s the gist…