No need for NAFTA panic … yetLast weekend, US President Donald Trump sat down to talk trade with Republican lawmakers at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland. His message was that it's time for a trade crackdown. Fo...
The 30-year-old woman who designed a $1bn businessWhen a 22-year-old Melanie Perkins nervously pitched her start-up idea to a Silicon Valley multi-millionaire she followed a novel if somewhat risky tactic. The university drop-out had flown all the wa...
How economic theory explains the Tim Hortons wage debateOver the past few months, the minimum wage has risen in nearly every province, with Ontario's 23 per cent increase since September - up to $14 per hour - the largest. Now the controversy surrounding t...
Trump’s tax reforms won’t bring back offshore money — he is just creating another tax haven in the USWhen Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being a serial tax dodger for decades, he replied without hesitation: "That makes me smart". The President is characteristically open about using aggressiv...
Big Tech faces scrutiny, the addiction isn’t worth itFor months, the whispers had been growing louder in tech circles: Influential tech companies are using techniques to grab so much of people's attention that it bordered on fostering addiction. The cha...