There are two ways to make a fortune in business. The first method is invention. You come up with a new idea, a new product, or an improvement on an old method. The other technique is to make it as easy and as cheap as possible to market your goods and services. A successful business…
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Politics, Social Commentary
The Battle Against Greed
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Sorry, folks, it’s time again for the voice crying in the wilderness. But I’m not prophesying anything good. The only sure bet at the moment is that we’re going to have a horrible time with wildfires this summer. El Nino, low snow packs, everything points towards it. What is unfortunately also true is that Nicole…
Social Commentary
The Real Scandal in Ticket Prices
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There’s always a playoff series going on in some sport, there’s always a superstar megatour happening and there’s always a big furor in the media about how much the tickets cost. How does this really play out? There are two completely different games in play here, two sets of social mores. One is completely frivolous,…
Politics, Social Commentary
The Irony of a War over Oil
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It is notable that sometimes political actions have opposite effect from their original objectives. For example, the Arab Oil Embargo in 1973 resulted in downsizing of American cars, a rise in the sale of Japanese compacts and the development of US government standards to increase fuel efficiency. The end result? A reduced Western dependence on…
Politics, Social Commentary
Canada’s Elon Musk
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Numerous studies have shown that people’s degree of insulation from the real world reduces their empathy for the rest of humanity. Specifically, the more money you have, the more you believe you deserve it. The social media term for this is “entitlement.” The basic concept is “greed.” As any good competitor knows, the best time…
Politics, Social Commentary
Carbon Tax
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And now the next battle in the war that will absorb the next few generations. The Liberal government made a promise years ago to introduce a carbon tax to restrict the use of carbon fuels. They set out to introduce the tax slowly at a rate they thought the public would accept, and in two…
Social Commentary
To Albertans: Please Grow up and Join the Rest of Canada
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Albertans, I feel your pain. That’s not just an expression. I really do. You see, I come from a logging family in BC. I put myself through university on my skill with a chainsaw and came out with a Master’s degree and no student loans. Those were the Good Old Days. The logging industry was…