Category: Business
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How Enhancing Productivity Can Shield Canada from Trump’s Tariff Threats
As the threat of Donald Trump’s tariffs looms (again), Canada’s governments have vowed to protect the country’s most affected industries. Doug Ford promised to protect auto jobs in Ontario. The Bank of Canada predicts that tariffs would reduce Canada’s GDP by 2-3% in the first year alone, with another 1.1% to 1.5% drop in the…
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Road to Ruin: Tesla vs. Auto Dealers
Tesla Motors, the famed electric vehicle startup from billionaire Elon Musk, is feeling the full brunt of auto dealers associations wielding antiquated regulations. On March 11th, the state of New Jersey, facing complaints from the New Jersey Auto Dealers Association, banned Tesla from selling its electric cars directly over the internet from the factory to…
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An Economist’s Take on Digital Paywalls
From premium newspapers like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times to made-up news weeklies like Weekly World News to the satirical magazine The Onion, nearly all news websites have adopted, or at least tested, a paywall for online readers. Yet, prominent economists have discovered gaping holes in a business strategy that has…
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