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Quarterly Book Review

Quarterly Book Review

The author has a reputation for being somewhat provocative, as he was with “The Rational Optimist”, where he attempted to rebut some of the arguments of the climate doomsayers. In his most recent offering, while no less optimistic about the future of...
Quarterly Book Review

Quarterly Book Review

We Canadians take pride in certain things, hockey being one. Technological accomplishments is not something that comes readily to mind, though we can claim the inventor of the telephone as one of ours, as can Americans. But to have not one, but two individuals, come...
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Quarterly Book Review

The title of this book could have just as easily been “How the Mighty Have Fallen”. And, while one could argue that what has been going on in Brazil is not unique to that country, the story of how some of the most powerful people, politicians and...
Quarterly Book Review

Quarterly Book Review

It seems that no week goes by without someone, politician or not, decrying the outlandish amounts of money the super-rich make every year, be they individual investors, hedge fund managers, or serial entrepreneurs. Even Warren Buffett, who not so long ago said his...