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Rice University, whose mascot is the owl, has for decades been home to two efficient-markets critics. (Rice University)

October 27, 2020

How Efficient Markets Became Academic Dogma

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John Dobelman Delivers Overdue Critique of Financial Orthodoxy

Fergus Hodgson

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Emanuel Derman, author of My Life as a Quant and Columbia University professor. (Institute of Physics)

May 20, 2020

What Intellectuals Resent about Laissez Faire

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‘My Life as a Quant’ Reveals Envy of Physicist Turned Financial Engineer

Fergus Hodgson

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President Lenín Moreno’s decree will negatively affect the students it claims to protect. (Libre Razón)

September 13, 2019

Ecuador Fails Students, Educators with Tuition Price Controls

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President Moreno Tightens Stranglehold on Private Schools

Paz Gómez

Brazil’s pension system is among the most generous in the world, according to the OECD. (Alexa_Fotos)

September 3, 2019

Brazil’s Pension Reform: A Herculean Task

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Investor Confidence, Economic Growth Tied to Positive Outcome

Maurício Bento

The National Social Security Institute is a federal agency that handles Brazil's pensions. (Wikimedia)

August 28, 2019

Why Brazil Cannot Avoid Pension Reform

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Ageing Population, Privileges Underpin Untenable System

Maurício Bento

The real-estate sector contend their own downturn is, in effect, everyone’s downturn. (Orygun)

June 30, 2019

Canadians Abandon Ownership Thanks to Mortgage Restrictions

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Fall in Housing Activity Is Fomenting Economic Hardship

Fergus Hodgson

Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver municipal governments have passed laws to limit Airbnb that are de facto bans. (FCPP)

May 7, 2019

Suppress Airbnb, Expect a Black Market

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Peer-to-Peer Platforms Bring More Resources to Market

Fergus Hodgson

The ease of tax compliance is a major consideration for international investors. (FCPP)

April 29, 2019

Tax Compliance Is Killing Canada’s Competitiveness

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Locals Are Losing Confidence in Their Own Economy for Investment

Fergus Hodgson

With so much sensitive data floating around, private companies are also abusing it. (FCPP)

April 26, 2019

How to Protect Privacy in a Cashless Economy

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Canadian Legislators Have Acknowledged the Value of Privacy

Fergus Hodgson

La solución a la informalidad en América Latina requiere un nuevo paradigma Más de la mitad de los trabajadores latinoamericanos actúan al margen de la ley informalidad ecuador Un vendedor anónimo en Quito, Ecuador. (Libre Razón)

March 21, 2019

La solución a la informalidad en América Latina requiere un nuevo paradigma

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Más de la mitad de los trabajadores latinoamericanos actúan al margen de la ley

Paz Gómez

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