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Alan Greenspan’s tattered legacy

BOOK REVIEW -- Nov. 17, 2009/ -- Alan Greenspan is to economics and business what Henry Kissinger is to diplomacy and geopolitics - important, but we are already forgetting why.…

Making the case for Canada to become a green energy superpower

BOOK REVIEW -- October 14, 2009/ -- The idea of "green" oil is not new - many writers have attempted to capture the potential of the Alberta oil sands with…

Overcoming your blind spots and take charge

BOOK REVIEW -- Sept. 29, 2009/ -- It's refreshing to read a book that's based on the author's solid track record and not on an academic wish list of what…

Canada’s future lies in its past

BOOK REVIEW -- There is no doubt that Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada's Founding Values is a very interesting book and one that policy wonks will enjoy…

Greenspan’s Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve

BOOK REVIEW -- July 19, 2009/ -- To say that William A. Fleckenstein is not a fan of Alan Greenspan is a bit like saying Queen Elizabeth doesn't care much…

Turning off the information loop

BOOK REVIEW -- July 16, 2009/ -- The brilliant polymath Norbert Wiener (1894-1964), one of the 20th century's most famous mathematicians, is remembered as the founder of cybernetics, the…

Mystery a great way to discover Iceland

BOOK REVIEW -- July 9, 2009/ -- From the opening pages of Arctic Chill, the reader is swept in to the icy, dark world of a Reykjavik winter. A child…

Blogging for Fame and Fortune

BOOK REVIEW -- June 28, 2009/ -- While blogging has been around for a few years, and some believe it may already be passa, there are, still, currently over 50…