Reading Time: 7 minutes Landmark 35-year research project yields surprising findings about happiness, relationships, generational differences and more
Tag: Demographics
The Black Death and its aftermath
Reading Time: 3 minutes Surprisingly, post-Black Death populations tended to live longer and enjoy better health and standards of living
Economic stagnation plagues Canada despite G7 rank
Reading Time: 3 minutes The notion that leading the G7 is evidence of strong economic performance or rapid growth in living standards is not simply off base, it’s dangerous
Slow economic growth is the new normal
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unnaturally high growth rates were driven by post-war reconstruction, the baby boom and rising female labour force participation
Can millennials be convinced to fall in love with cars?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Many, when they do buy, view automobiles as a necessity rather than a lifestyle. And many others are content to live without wheels
Come on, get happy: if a survey says we are, it must be true
Reading Time: 4 minutes Apparently, as you get older you get happier. Sclerotic, arthritic, calcified, deaf, blind, stupid and poor equals happy? Where do I sign up?
Is the golden age of show and shines coming to an end?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The people who attend these events – and those who bring the cars – are getting older
How the world can win the hunger games
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s not a scarcity issue, it’s about knowledge and access. We have the means to fix that, in Canada and globally
A lonely Canada can pay off for the food industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of households in Canada with just one person has never been higher. And the food industry is taking notice
How Manitoba can meet the challenges of a growing population
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government must cut public sector costs, taxes and fees. And become vastly better at providing needed and efficient services