Many in the media are now speculating about how big the Trudeau government's year one deficit will be. There will be, however, lots more to look for in the Liberals' first budget.
While we fret about taxpayers footing the bill for underpaid nannies, a new study shows that deep corporate cuts have not created any jobs or growth. Now that's a real scandal.
Greek voters rejected austerity in a referendum only to see their government approve the very economic measures they had just voted against. Louis Philippe Rochon says Greece needs to leave the EU.
With the IMF's treatment of Greece after Syriza's triumph, you can almost hear Henry Kissinger whispering "The issues are much too important for the Greek voters to decide for themselves."
The number of billionaires in the world in 2014 reached 2,325 -- a 7 per cent increase since last year and it represents an all-time record high. They control nearly 4 per cent of the world's wealth.
The Bretton-Woods agreement was the basis for a U.S. dollar exchange market system and the World Bank. 2014 is the 70th anniversary of that agreement. Time for Canada to consider other options?
With Joe Oliver replacing Jim Flaherty as Finance Minister, the debate over income-splitting is as dead as Monty Python's parrot. The outcome, in truth, was never much in doubt.