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Brian Milner is a senior economics writer and Global Markets columnist with The Globe and Mail.
Videos
Who Rules the World?
November 15, 2011
| 39:38
The world has become smaller and multinational corporations have grown larger. The financial industry has access to capital far greater than the GDP of many individual nations. So who really holds the...
What's in the Ontario Liberal Plan?
September 29, 2011
| 53:07
Dalton McGuinty's Liberals say their platform is building tomorrow's economy: education, green jobs and luring foreign investment. But can Ontario afford these promises?
Episodes
November 15, 2011
The world has become smaller and multinational corporations have grown larger. If bigger is better, who really holds the power? And, the Investor Education Fund's Tom Hamza on making money matter to...
September 29, 2011
Dalton McGuinty's Liberals say their platform is building tomorrow's economy. But can Ontario afford these promises?
April 20, 2011
The Interview: Tony Keller: Twelve Canadian Hockey Teams? We are Canadian. And no amount of hockey is ever enough hockey, right? Your Agenda Insight essayist Tony Keller says that might be correct....
November 16, 2010
The Debate: QE2, the Fed and You As the US Federal Reserve's QE2 sets sail, we examine the controversy surrounding the monetary policy. Is quantitative easing a good idea? What will it do to the US...
December 15, 2009
Iceland was hard hit by the global recession because of the failure of its banking system. How will it bounce back from the economic brink? Part 2 of 'Countries in Crisis' week.
September 21, 2009
Is seeing believing? Sociologist Andrew Perrin on why we believe what we believe and the social psychology of false beliefs.
June 10, 2009
From health contracts at Queen's Park, to medical isotopes in Ottawa, to expense accounts in the British Parliament: politics and public accountability in a time of big government spending. ///...
March 17, 2009
Consumer psychology 101: why consumers aren't spending and what can be done to change that. /// All quiet at the gas pump: author Matthew Simmons on the coming oil shock.
October 27, 2008
Small country, big bets, even bigger losses: business columnist Brian Milner on how aggressive banking put Iceland into financial hot water. Monday October 27 2008
January 30, 2008
The French financial crisis: Brian Milner on how one trader sent a global financial giant into a tailspin.///Allegations of cheating: should we ignore it, or let elite performers do whatever it takes...
October 31, 2007
Paradoxically for many countries, rich oil deposits have negative impacts on the economy and democracy. Canada likes to consider itself immune from this "oil curse." But is it?///From Salem's witch...
May 23, 2007
Are we a society of scientific illiterates? And what can we do about it? Natalie Angier, one of America's foremost science writers, addresses the subject. Available as a Podcast...
May 4, 2007
Negotiating difference: Toronto's poet laureate Pier Giorgio Di Cicco on the city's unique global strengths.///From the low of No Logo, to Google's global appeal: brands are back.///Producer Daniel...
January 22, 2007
Veteran political analyst Bill Schneider on the democratic hopefuls, George W. Bush's upcoming State of the Union address, and on the passing of Seymour Martin Lipset - one of America's great public...
December 19, 2006
The myriad problems facing Canada's newest territory: former B.C. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Berger on the crisis facing Nunavut. Available as a Podcast...
November 6, 2006
Death by hanging: What Saddam's sentence means for Iraqis and the future of Iraq. Available as a Podcast Subscribe: Listen Now: Help...
October 16, 2006
Adrienne Clarkson, the former governor general of Canada speaks about life in the Ottawa fishbowl and the private tragedies of her past. Available as a Podcast...
