I tackled the book “Too Big To Fail” this week. Andrew Sorkin delivered a thorough blow-by-blow account of the 2008 financial crisis that is the definition of “insider’s view.” The only book I could think to compare it to would be, “Game Change” by Mark Halperin and...
Some think tanks have been cautiously warning Canadians (and really most countries in the Western World) that as a result of new austerity measures and the demographic issues that are about to hit us, the real cost of tuition for the average post-secondary student...
When students are trying to conserve money an interesting thought process occurs. You see students often have a much different priority list than most of society (many people would refer to that portion as the “sane” group). Whereas most people would consider a...
If you talk to the average person, they have no problem with the idea of taking out a mortgage on a house with 20% down. Most people would even agree that a guy who buys multiple properties with 20% down and uses them to produce rental income is a pretty smart dude;...
I reached into my mailbox today and pulled out the famous (infamous?) Maclean’s University Rankings issue. I use the term infamous because my alma mater, the University of Manitoba, has been ranked last place in its category for as long as I can remember. As a U of...