The website of economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth, expert in demographics, global trends and the future of work
The Organisation for Economic Development has put some odds on the you-vs.-automation battle for your job. The net net is that automation is coming and that Canada (and other countries) net a plan. See my new piece for the Globe and Mail here
Due to popular demand, I’ve added a new speaking topic: The Side Hustle Economy. The Globe and Mail column I wrote on it garnered a lot of interest and I’m looking forward to expanding on it on the speaking circuit. Here is a brief synopsis of the topic: The Side Hustle Economy: Imagining It, Managing […]
Side Hustles are not just a tiresome millennial trend – they are how a lot of people are filling in income gaps. If you want to know what one looks like on a royal scale check out the Queen, who has made $9 million plus by breeding horses. Others are making do with more modest […]
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 […]
Canada just presented its Federal Budget, which was ostensibly about helping women’s economic power. I’m kind of underwhelmed (and old-fashioned enough to wish they would just balance the books, for everyone’s sake). Here is my piece on it for the Globe and Mail
A blog that covers economic and labor market trends may seem to be a strange place for a fiction book review. Then again, maybe not. The changes now going on in the workplace are saga-worthy, and there is something to be said for looking at those changes through novelists’ eyes. Besides, it’s my blog and […]
Could we be moving to an era of shorter work weeks? See my latest for the Globe and Mail here
Demographics always matter – even when we are talking about the Olympics. Here is my latest for the Globe and Mail, which talks about the way that some countries have a demographic advantage.
My latest piece for the Globe and Mail tackles the issue of the pay gap between men and women in Hollywood. It isn’t fair, but what is exactly? See it here
Here is my latest piece for the Globe and Mail. I write about – hot topic these days- minimum wages but more specifically why they are an issue at a time when the unemployment rate is so low. I mean, the market should be pushing up wages anyway right? Of course it is more complicated […]
