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Dr. David Robinson
Dr. David Robinson
We could have been a contender
I had a question I wanted to ask philosopher Adam Smith. Smith spent a lot of time thinking about why some countries are rich and others, with the same resources, are poor.
Sep 15, 2014 6:12 PM
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Dead man walking
The online Urban Dictionary defines a “dead man walking” as “an employee who is certain to be fired in the near future.
Aug 1, 2014 12:51 PM
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You asked for it
On April 8, 2013, Ron Johnson was fired as the CEO of J.C. Penney. Johnson was the guy who basically invented the Apple store. His stores made more money per square foot than any retail operation in history. Johnson was a retail genius.
Jul 14, 2014 1:26 PM
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Make it so, Number One
The 21st century can be Ontario’s century. The Ontario we know is already an astonishing success. It is one of the richest, most peaceful, best educated and most productive regions in the world.
Jun 11, 2014 5:19 PM
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Michael Gravel, meet the Wizard of Dev
Let’s imagine that our beloved minister of Northern development and mines, Michael Gravelle, decides to consult one of the world’s leading experts on development for areas like Northern Ontario.
May 5, 2014 6:56 PM
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Bob Rae, John Nash and innovation in the Ring of Fire
My students should have paid me for giving them the chance to see Bob Rae in action. Not just because Rae is a professional negotiator and the class deals with Nash Bargaining theory.
Apr 2, 2014 3:33 PM
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Do sheep look up?
It should be easy to write a quick summary of the economy of Northern Ontario. After all, I have been writing about the Northern economy for years. I am one of the so-called “experts” that the CBC calls for comments.
Mar 5, 2014 6:29 PM
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Not paying the rent
One of the best things about teaching is that you actually learn more than your students do. I teach Natural Resource Economics at Laurentian University and I’ve learned a few strange things about Ontario’s mining policy.
Jan 29, 2014 7:19 PM
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What is it about three strikes that you don’t understand?
Here we are halfway though the playoff game in Canada’s Export Industry League. Alberta’s Big Oil Consortium (BOC) has been whipping Central Canada Manufacturing (CCM). Energy exports have seen a $63.
Dec 30, 2013 4:34 PM
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Ghoulish thoughts
The famous reading room of the British Library has a very high ceiling. Many deep thinkers worked there, including Wilde, Hayek, Stoker, Gandhi, Kipling, Orwell, George Shaw, Mark Twain, Lenin, Woolf, Rimbaud, H. G. Wells and Karl Marx.
Dec 4, 2013 4:50 PM
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