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...
Of all the things I do work-wise, one of my favorites is speaking to live audiences. You cannot fake it: you are up in front of people who are investing their time and you have to give them something that makes them believe it was worth showing up. It is a challenge but it is...
My latest piece for the Globe and Mail on why Prince Harry is one of many young men ‘marrying up’
Here is my latest piece for the Globe and Mail, It talks about the way that inequality is going to follow this generation of workers into their senior years.
Here is my latest column the Globe and Mail. The subject is youth unemployment and underemployment…can the Bank of Canada (or any central bank) fix that problem?
I am thrilled to now be writing a bi-weekly column for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. See my first here - it is a look at how the gig economy is in force but our social policies are woefully out of step with it.