Economy

Facebook’s claim that it added $227 billion to the global economy last year is so full of silly assumptions as to be completely useless

Jan. 20: The debate over wealth and inequality heats up, as the IMF downgrades their expectations for growth

Expect to see more talk of how tax policy should adjust to the new “Piketty era” of economic inequality

Jan. 19: A jam-packed week of meetings, plus, the 1% and the World Economic Forum, and regulating the Chinese stock market

More women are entering the risky field of angel investing—and finding they thrive in it

Don’t make this mistake when trying to analyze the effect of falling oil prices on the Canadian economy

The auto industry has yet to find a way to get young people driving again

Jan. 16: Target and Sony close up shop in Canada, plus fall out from the Swiss Central Bank’s currency surprise

As Stephen Harper says, the oil industry will survive. That’s not saying much

Chris Sorensen on how its high-speed rollout—and, ironically, our love for the brand—doomed Target’s northern expansion