Automation and the Death of Self-Sufficiency
It was long considered a “stylized fact” of economics that the division of income between labour and capital was a…
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Cashiers and Coal Miners: The Decline of Two Sectors
Towards the end of November, Americans partook in the annual ritual of Black Friday, when customers line up, still…
Made in the USA: The Question of Puerto Rican Secession
On June 2017, Puerto Rico voted in a historic referendum for statehood within the United States. An overwhelming 97…
Abenomics: A Fiscal Breakthrough for Women and Migrants
Despite Japan experiencing its harshest recession since the 2008 financial meltdown in early 2014, Japanese Prime…
Separate Worlds Collide: How Venezuela’s Life is in Saudi Arabia’s…
To many, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela exist in totally separate worlds. One is a desert-covered Arab nation,…
Macron’s Victory Won’t Thwart Populist Demagoguery
At a quiet dinner hosted by former presidential aide Jacques Attali in 2008, then Socialist Party First Secretary…
Universal Income, a Universal Solution?
Ontario is set to introduce a universal income program targeting adults between the ages of 18 and 65 in the coming…
What’s in Store for Canadian Trade?
Donald Trump’s accession to presidency of the United States has given Canadians a plethora of reasons to be…
Gender Equality and the Economy
In the United States’s last election cycle, the world came close to the most powerful person on Earth being a…
Wet Foot, Dry Foot: Obama’s Race to U.S. – Cuban Normalization
After 2 years of repairing Cold War wounds between the United States and Cuba, Obama announced the end of the…