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John Rapley

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It’s time for Canadian pension funds to have a climate mandate

22.02.2025 6

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Just what can stop the all-powerful Donald Trump? The stock market, our last hope

15.02.2025 10

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Perhaps more trade with China is not a bad idea after all

Perhaps more trade with China is not a bad idea after all
08.02.2025 10

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Chinese AI could rewrite the narrative of American exceptionalism

01.02.2025 10

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We thought we were safe. Then tariff talk returns. Behind a week of whiplash

25.01.2025 10

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As the costs of climate change rise, further economic growth might make us poorer

18.01.2025 20

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Was it really the economy, stupid? Trudeau’s record no worse than other western leaders

11.01.2025 30

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Why you’re miserable: We’ve grown too comfortable on the booming riches of ages past

From about 1948, Western economies entered a long expansion that lasted until the early 1970s, during which time they grew at average annual rates...

04.01.2025 10

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Your loonie will weaken. Your interest rates will climb again. Welcome to 2025

A weakened Canadian dollar runs the risk of raising inflation and incoming U.S. president Donald Trump's ire who wants Canada to buy more American...

28.12.2024 10

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The chaos in Ottawa reflects an economic crisis rumbling across the world

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the federal Liberal caucus holiday party, the day after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly...

21.12.2024 30

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Canada could reap an oil windfall from Trump. But what do we do with the money?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, on Oct. 14, in Oaks, Pa.,...

14.12.2024 10

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Are your investments really worth more – or are your dollars worth less?

The S&P500 index is up some 700 per cent over the past half-century. Although, had you parked your money in gold in 1971, the year the U.S....

07.12.2024 20

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The ‘vibecession’ is real, and economists must do some soul-searching

A customer browses an aisle at a grocery store In Toronto on Feb. 2. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press John Rapley is an author and academic who...

30.11.2024 4

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The death of U.S. industrial policy and the tragedy of Joe Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One prior to departure from Galeao International Airport in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 19, as he...

23.11.2024 2

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Enjoy the Trump economic boom, folks. It may not be here for long

Members of a U.S. Army honour guard team set American flags in place for a 'Celebration of America' event. Win McNamee/Getty Images John Rapley is...

08.11.2024 3

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Whoever wins Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election may live to regret it

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaks at a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Oct. 26. Former President...

02.11.2024 10

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One neat trick to fix the economy that Canada can learn from the U.K.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on stage at the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, on Sept. 23....

25.10.2024 3

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Bond markets are signalling trouble for the American economy

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange react as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks on a TV, in New York on Nov. 2, 2022....

19.10.2024 3

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The cost of living with climate change is rising year to year

John Rapley is an author and academic who divides his time among London, Johannesburg and Ottawa. His books include Why Empires Fall (Yale...

11.10.2024 2

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Rumours of China’s economic resurgence are greatly exaggerated

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from...

04.10.2024 4

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Donald Trump’s fate is written in the falling stars of Trump Media

Trump Media is an odd beast, being neither a value nor a growth stock. With almost no revenue and debts that exceed its assets, its liquidation...

28.09.2024 9

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With a half-point cut, U.S. Fed plays a dangerous game with global economy

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves after holding a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18. The U.S. Federal Reserve cut...

20.09.2024 4

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An anxious fall as Canada’s economic misery finds company around the world

The sunset over the Madrid towers, on Sept. 8. THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images John Rapley is an author and academic who divides his time among...

14.09.2024 10

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Western tariffs risk helping China’s rise as the world’s first electro-state

For now, the principal export market for China’s EVs and solar panels remains Europe. But China has also been expanding its sales to developing...

06.09.2024 3

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As gold prices glitter, it might herald dark times ahead for investors

Since the end of the easy money era, gold is up more than 40 per cent, making it one of the few things worth owning. Rick Wilking/Reuters John...

30.08.2024 3

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Interest rates are coming down, but perish any hopes of sharp cuts

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate...

24.08.2024 4

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Kamala Harris is pushing Bidenomics, but with feelings – and it might just work

President Joe Biden gestures to the crowd as he speaks alongside Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Susan Walsh/The...

19.08.2024 4

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Should we just give up and buy everything from China?

Port workers wait for the arrival of a container ship on a dock in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on May 9. The Associated Press John...

17.08.2024 4

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There are greater forces behind this week’s market crash. And they are not done with us

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda arrives at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 31. The Associated Press John Rapley is an author and academic...

09.08.2024 3

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Markets are down, but that doesn’t mean the economy is

A graph showing today's movements of Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan August 2, 2024. Issei Kato/Reuters John...

05.08.2024 6

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The solution the Canadian economy badly needs: high-speed rail

A high-speed train by French railway company SNCF travels on the Bordeaux-Paris route, at Chartres, northern France on July 26. JEAN-FRANCOIS...

03.08.2024 4

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Joe’s Bidenomics makes him as economically impactful as Ronald Reagan, if not FDR

Joe Biden dropped out of the U.S. presidential election on July 21, 2024. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images John Rapley is an author and academic who...

22.07.2024 2

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