Tamsin McMahon

Maclean’s associate editor Tamsin McMahon covers business and the economy. Previously she has written about crime and politics for several Canadian newspapers and has been nominated for a Michener Award and a National Newspaper Award.

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Condo hell

From 2014: Thanks to neighbour disputes, crazy restrictions and incompetent boards, condo dwellers are increasingly finding themselves boxed in

News

Condo nightmare: The inside scoop on this week’s cover story

Tamsin McMahon explains why condo dwellers are finding themselves boxed in

Education

Fair pay for good sports

College sports in the U.S. is a billion-dollar business. Is it time to finally start paying student athletes?

Real Estate

Our addiction to housing debt in 11 charts

Is there a Canadian housing bubble? Judge for yourself.

Life

’America is moving toward a caste society’

Harvard academic Robert Putnam on the death of the American Dream and why being poor in America is no longer a matter of race

Homeless woman lies on a Vancouver street

Economic analysis

Are Canadians better off than before the financial crisis?

We earn more and still love our banks, but poverty is on the rise and so is suicide

Business

Let the cash rain down in Japan

When it comes to legalized gambling, Japan is a holdout in Asia. Facing a cash crunch, that’s about to change.

Business

Open secrets online: What’s personal and what’s corporate?

Any employee with an Internet connection now has the power to share confidential information—and the law is catching up

Economy

Who belongs to Canada’s middle class?

That depends on how you define the Canadian dream

Economy

Mark Carney on the hot seat

Critics re-evaluate the ’rock-star central banker’

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