The Occupy Wall Street protest has spread to other cities in the world, including Toronto, my hometown. I’m not surprised that…

There’s an old saying about putting the horse before the cart instead of the other way around. This comes to mind with all the…

Purchasingb2b: September 2011 Print Edition I think we’ll look back at the summer of 2011 and realize that the developed world…

The US, unlike most countries, has established a “limit” on the amount of debt it can take on. But there was always a surrealistic…

Canada is blessed with many natural resources. It’s both a cliché and a truism that our most important resource is our people. The…

I was pretty good at arithmetic when I was a kid. And I don’t think I’ve lost my touch. According to what I was taught in the…

Just a bit over one year ago, Sun Life Financial asked Canadians a number of questions about retirement. One of them was: when do…

PURCHASINGB2B MAGAZINE, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011: When I look at the economic recovery in North America, one word comes to mind:…

I remember learning about the Great Depression when I was in high school. My economics teacher, Mr. Cook, believed that there were…

PURCHASINGB2B MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2010: I’ve been hearing for a long time now that the economic recovery is “well in hand.” If I go…