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  Free Market Economy, Monopolies, or Both?

  Should nations favour a free market economy or monopolies? Or a regulatory framework that strengthens the macro economy? Continue reading →

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  Crude Oil or Value-Added Oil Products?

  Cheap oil was a necessary building block for the economy. But the world is changing and we're nearing the end of the 'Age of Oil'.…

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  3 out of 5 Arrows: Japan’s Abenomics

  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan inherited an economy where the fundamentals were unsound, and more than one economic parameter was out of alignment. Continue…

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  ‘Free Riders’ or ‘A New Hope’?

  Now that one side has 'cleared the air' let's allow the other side to share their grievances publicly - except they won't because there is…

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  Brexit? Or Brexit + Enhanced Commonwealth?

  The EU is mired deep in it's own trouble. As there's no precedent for Brexit it could become anything the UK wants it to become…

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  NAFTA, TPP, or Tariff Me?

  Although there was once a need to liberalize international trade, adding modest tariffs to existing trade agreements now, can strengthen our global economy. Continue reading…

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  Paddling in Different Directions: Today’s EU

  Today's EU functions like 31 people in a boat - each paddling in different directions. But when a crisis occurs, they all paddle furiously together.…

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  Reforming the IMF: One Order of Magnitude

  IMF to discuss structural reforms at its April 15-17, 2016 by removing the (de facto) prominent position held by the IMF's major shareholders. Continue reading…

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  Energy East: Or Value-added Refineries?

  The Energy East pipeline only makes sense if global oil prices rise past $80./bbl and there’s no guarantee we’ll see that price before 2020. Continue…

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  The Most Profound Metric of All

  Worker productivity, corporate profit, law and order, even the success of our civilization, hinges on the human happiness metric. Continue reading →

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  The Silver Bullet for the Economy

  Legislation for every worker to have a job for a minimum of 6 months per year could solve inequality, poverty and many other social ills.…

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  Europe’s Refugee Crisis: What could possibly go wrong?

  Europe's leaders have employed unexceptional management-style techniques, instead of creating a grand overriding vision that large numbers of citizens could buy-into in order to craft…

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  The 51 Percent Circle

  'The 51% Circle' in Asia - where 3.6 billion people live on disparate blocs of arable land that in their totality, aren't much larger than…

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  2016: Year of Global Risk or Global Opportunity?

  All problems on the Earth are human-caused problems -- and because we caused them, we can solve them if we choose. Continue reading →

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  How Alberta Could Counter Low Oil Prices

  With the lowest oil prices seen in years, Alberta must cut spending or boost revenues to sustain government revenue and create jobs. Continue reading →