Economist, journalist & author. Most recently authored: The Shopify Story: How a Startup Rocketed to E-commerce Giant by Empowering Millions

Ottawa, Ontario
Joined July 2009
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The late great PETER O’TOOLE — born 94yrs ago today — and his old drinking buddy (and Oscar winner for ‘Network’) Peter Finch, are on the lash in Dublin when the barman tells them "last orders, please..."
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Ya-but, Aussies & U.S. seemed to have done OK even though transport of convicts to Australia began after the American Revolutionary War cut off convict shipments to the American colonies (the main destination from the early 1700s, especially after the Transportation Act of 1717).
250 years of continuously extinguishing the bottom ~2% of men who could not behave produced the modern Englishman and Anglo-American , who from the early 1700s to early 2000s almost entirely created the modern world.
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🚨 CANADA’S INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE under @MarkJCarney — With receipts 🧾 📍 Honda Alliston, ON → Cancelled— $15 Billion 📍 Stellantis Brampton, ON → Moved to Illinois — $500 Million in aid pocketed 📍 Stellantis Windsor Battery Plant → Sold stake for — $100 📍 GM CAMI Ingersoll, ON → PERMANENTLY CLOSED — $2 Billion retool gone 📍 GM Oshawa, ON → Production moved to Indiana — $280 Million lost 📍 Ford Oakville, ON → EV production moved to USA — $2.3 Billion gone 📍 Northvolt Quebec → BANKRUPT — $7 Billion evaporated 📍 Invista Kingston, ON → Moving to Texas — 500 jobs gone 📍 Umicore Ontario → Shifting to Poland & South Korea — $260 Million gone 🇨🇦 TOTAL INVESTMENT LOST: 💰Over $50 Billion Ottawa’s response? Press releases. Photo ops. A delusional PM who thinks your gas is cheap. “We are a Energy Superpower 🇨🇦 Clean Energy is needed to build a Sustainable Prosperous Economy ?🤔🙇🏻🚨 This is managed decline with a price tag. 🇨🇦 RT until every Canadian sees this 👇 #CdnPoli #AutoIndustry #Honda #GM #Ford #Stellantis #Ontario #Manufacturing #MarkCarney #Canada
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Wow
California's population grew 0.4% in the last decade. The number of state employees grew 24.5%. Total state spending grew 48%, inflation adjusted. You have to ask - where did all the money go?
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How to collect large interest payments from short sellers. theglobeandmail.com/gift/687…
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You have to hear this keyboardist play
Ray Manzarek’s masterclass intro sets a mood that pulls you into the psychedelic heart of the ’60s.
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That's hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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having a gf is insane because you can literally talk to her like it's a podcast
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Nice write-up by @OPMWire on Daniel Debow, one of the senior execs at Shopify over past five years. I didn't find much info on him while writing my book on Shopify or since, so this was a great find. opmwire.com/daniel-debow-sho…
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Much thanks to The Literary Review and Gilbert Reid for their nice review of my Shopify book, which they describe as "rich in insight, psychologically penetrating [and] may well serve as a recipe for entrepreneurial success in the digital age." reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202…
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Right… tighten Brazil right into the arms of China and others in a multi-polar world
Replying to @PauloMacro
It's the revival of the Monroe Doctrine. As the US prepares to cut Europe loose, it needs to tighten the grip on South America.
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“The longer the boom lasts, and the higher the valuation Bitcoin reaches, the higher the cost for society will be in the end.”voxeu.org/article/bitcoin-ch…
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