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Blog Entries by Simon Zadek from 10/2011

#OccupyWallStreet Proposals Add Up

| Posted 10.06.2011 | Canada

Who is listening to the folks camping out in downtown Manhattan? President Obama should call out the root cause of his shortcomings at the polls, but is otherwise engaged in retaining Wall Street support for his re-election campaign. And what of us, informed and active, democracy-loving citizens?

China's Outward Investment Is Our Future

| Posted 10.18.2011 | Canada

The annual Chinese-hosted World Economic Forum Summer Davos, took place recently in a rainy Dalian, which is recovering from citizen demonstrations li...

Financial Transactions Tax, RIP

| Posted 10.22.2011 | Canada Business

Messing around with markets, such as by introducing taxes, distorts them, makes them less efficient, and delivers poorer results. A financial transactions tax, following this logic, will constrain transactions that would otherwise optimize financial markets, increase volatility.