Thursday, April 3, 2025

BIG Scoop

Employee/owner-powered capitalism – a proven path to prosperity

There is a tremendous power unleashed if all involved in the business, share in the wealth creation of the business. It is an old idea that has not been taken up at scale. If it had been in Canada, for example, my home country would not be in the ever-declining innovation, productivity, and wealth distribution situation in which we find ourselves. This is not a hypothesis, or untested theory; this is a fact, based on...

You might not want to talk about COVID, but it needs to happen

"I don't want to talk about COVID. It's over." That is a common refrain for people who blindly trusted government and medical officials during the COVID pandemic. Most do not want to talk about it because they do not want to face the fact that they were played, and that they – especially those who publicly defended dishonest officials and vilified those who opposed government restrictions and mandates – had unwittingly become soldiers fighting for forces...

Examination of house prices confirms that market size matters

Sometimes when one dives into the data, there are assumptions about anticipated findings that are completely overturned by the raw numbers. On other occasions – as is the case on this project – the data confirms the original assumptions, but provides clarification and deeper understanding. It is unlikely to surprise anyone to learn that house prices in larger cities are typically more expensive than in smaller cities. It is widely known that your average homebuyer...

U.S. agencies on high alert for cyber attacks as midterm elections approach

As much of the western world anxiously awaits the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8, political rhetoric and irresponsible media coverage are amping up. While ill-informed (or ill-intentioned) media reporters and editors continue to use phrasing such as "baseless", "bogus" and "false claims" – and perhaps the favourite: "conspiracy theories" – to describe any insinuation that it is possible that a U.S. election could be tampered with significantly, sensible humans are simply hoping for a fair...