Episode 12: What Does Climate Change Mean for the Future of Work?

Climate change it was an issue before the pandemic, and it will be an issue when the pandemic is over.More than that, the issue of climate change will be a long term issue that impacts the future of work.  Between the ways that we operate our factories and organizations to the kind of careers that […]

Enough About Women’s Pay, Let’s Talk About Men. Really.

March 8th was International Women’s Day and I had the good fortune to celebrate it in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, speaking to the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce. The occasion was their ‘Trailblazers Lunch’ which honoured high-achieving women in their community. It was a great event, and Yellowknife was a really cool place to visit (I’ll post […]

Maclean Publishes ’75 Charts Every Canadian Should Watch in 2017′

I’m happy to have been able to contribute to Macleans’ list of ’75 Charts Every Canadian Should Watch in 2017′.  My post was on the ‘Gig Economy’ and you can find it here (you have to scroll down to find it, but that gives you a chance to see some fascinating graphs first) but as […]

Switzerland May Have Voted No, But the Idea of a Universal Basic Income is Not Dead

Really, it seemed like the universal basic income (UBI), was going to be the hot new thing in economic policy. It sounds like such a simple solution to economic woes, so uncomplicated, just so basic really. Give every citizen in a country some form of stipend so that at the very least everyone has enough […]

Yes, Negative Interest Rates are a Thing Now

Way back when I studied economics, I don’t actually remember learning what a ‘negative interest rate’ was. In fact, even a few years ago when I taught graduate-level economics (a whole other post), I don’t remember it being in the curriculum, or even being asked about the topic. That was then, however. These days, negative […]