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7-minute read
Profilage publicitaire : réponse à mon collègue blogueur Pierrot Péladeau
The online advertising industry.
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4-minute read
Why Flaherty’s Sin Tax on Cigarettes Won’t Work
How taxes on products deemed harmful do not necessarily have the desired effects.
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3-minute read
Bitcoin offers much potential for innovation
Bitcoin ATM opens in Montreal.
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3-minute read
Sick-leave waste makes taxpayers queasy
Ottawa’s sick-days system.
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5-minute read
Publicités en ligne et vie privée
Protecting online privacy.
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1-minute read
The Unintended Consequences of Taxes on Tobacco, Alcohol and Gambling
"Sin taxes," as they are known, are taxes that are levied on a certain number of products that governments consider harmful like alcohol, tobacco, gambling and certain foods that are high in sugar or fat. In 2012, the average Canadian family paid 5.3% of its total contributions to government in the form of taxes on alcohol, tobacco, entertainment and other excise taxes.
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4-minute read
The quality of inequality
Income inequality.
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1-minute read
Bitcoin: More Than a Currency, a Potential for Innovation
Bitcoin digital currency has attracted the regular attention of the financial press for the past several months. Its price fluctuates enormously, influenced by new innovative developments but also by positive or negative decisions by governments and central banks concerning its use. Is the Bitcoin system here to stay and become an integral part of our economic lives? Whatever the outcome of this particular experiment, the innovations made possible by new information technology have the potential to revolutionize monetary and financial matters.
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3-minute read
Les superhéros et la langue française
The concept of investment.
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2-minute read
La froide machine de l’État
Quebec's present fiscal climate.