Post 328

11/08/2025 51 min
Post 328

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McDonald’s turns things around.But lower income consumers are suffering.Caterpillar sales are still falling but not as much.A turnaround?But things not looking good at Gucci.RH (luxury furniture) has really turned things around.And some examples of their great corporate culture.Molson Coors no longer seems to be benefiting from the boycott of Bud Light.It’s share price is down 54% over the last ten years.And a look back.And Creemore!We look at the changes in Canada’s property prices since 1970.And when our housing affordability crisis started and who was responsibleIn Financial Ructions:Canada’s jobs numbers tumbled in July after growing strongly in June.And how since 2015 the growth in government jobs has far outstripped that of the private sector.Spoiler alert: This is really bad for the productive capacity of the economy.Book Review: The Way the World Works by Jude WanniskiAlexander the Great and Julius Caesar were two of the first to go down the Laffer curve.As did Britain after the Napoleonic wars.But than after WWII they went up the curve and stayed there for a long time resulting in economic stagnation.