Businesspeople (particularly, businessmen) are the favorite villains of Hollywood. The latest piece of evidence: the newly released movie Gold, starring …
Why do we fear capitalism?
My MBA students have been discussing alternative social systems as context of business in my business ethics class. While most …
Keys to innovation
As David Akin writes in the Financial Post, the Canadian government has tried, through science policy, tax incentives and other …
Corporate welfare: Government theft
by Jaana Woiceshyn The Canadian government recently announced that it will give Bombardier, the Quebec-based aerospace and transportation company, a …
What does it take to “make America great again”?
by Jaana Woiceshyn In his inauguration speech, President Trump promised, as expected, to “make America great again”—but he was short …
Flourishing business needs free markets
The big media story about business to start the year (at least for the CBC, the Canadian public broadcasting corporation) …
Business and the moral sanction of the ballooning regulatory state
by Jaana Woiceshyn, Ph.,D. All tax payers are suffering under the increasing regulatory and tax burden, as governments are trying …
Focus on progress: We live in the best of times
by Jaana Woiceshyn, Ph.,D. While often criticizing government for curtailing our freedom instead of protecting it and businesspeople (or others) …
Government “free” trade deals don’t promote freedom
So called “free” trade deals between governments are immoral—because they destroy companies’ freedom to trade freely with whomever they see …