The website of economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth, expert in demographics, global trends and the future of work
Want to deal with the problem of income inequality? The answer is not, as many argue, to simply do a Robin Hood steal-from-the-rich-and-give-to-the-poor thing. According to a new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) , the best way to deal with inequities is to build strong economies, then use some of the newly created […]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is out with their new Employment Outlook and – as these things go – it is a fairly upbeat piece in that they do see the big picture improving, particularly in countries like Canada. Beyond the big picture though, the OECD has some fairly serious concerns about […]
Well, it is not a popular position in the media these days, but yes I am in favour of the Temporary Foreign Workers program. Read my reasons – and they have everything to do with labour supply and keeping the economy functioning – in this piece I wrote for iPolitics.
It is kind of an urban myth, if you’ll pardon the pun: there is a story afoot that people are leaving the suburbs and moving back to the cities. I’ve written about the trend myself, but honestly perhaps the best evidence that it is true are the endless condos that are sprouting up it seems […]
‘Financial Repression’ or the generational divide over low interest rates.
The first chapter of my book Economorphics deals with the closing of the ‘demographic window’. Taking things a bit further, in this Commentary piece for the Macdonald Laurier Institute I look at the implication for Canada of a closing window- and how the country can maybe open economic doors as that happens. Of course, this problem […]
My adventures in self-publishing continue: forget content, I’m outraged at the cost of postage
See my Globe and Mail Economy Lab blog here
See my Globe and Mail blog here
See my Globe and Mail Economy Lab blog