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From the Vancouver Sun

While working on my Ph.D., I wrote a business column,
“The Invisible Hand,” which was published in the Vancouver
Sun
. Some of my business and op-ed columns are indexed below.

September 4, 2002 Canada’s sovereignty
has been ‘castrated’:
A political economist offers a Canadian
take on globalization
August 28, 2002 Highest bidder
will get top Liberal job:
PM’s pre-resignation messes up Canada’s
electoral system
August 21, 2002 We’ve lost our
shame and embraced greed:
Grasping classes from WTC thieves
to deadbeat dads excel at ripoffs
August 14, 2002 With our party
system in crisis, what’s next?

Tory, NDP leadership races will provide
a verdict on realignment
August 7, 2002 Democracy: A
Danger to Economic Growth?

Liberals appear to claim that real democracy isn’t the way to go
July 31, 2002 Griffin Technology
lets its hair down at MacWorld:

Little company that could produces accessory hardware for Macintosh
computers
July 24, 2002 Enron et al deserve
our appreciation
June 26, 2002 An enjoyable education
is the best investment:
Learning should be more than a dollars-and-cents
downpayment
June 19, 2002 West Coast Shows
the World How to Work
:

Laid-back culture uses an alternative way to build success

June 12, 2002 Membership,
organizing the key to strong union
:
Real crisis is in organized labour’s own dwindling ranks
June 5, 2002 And
now, a word about our sponsors
:
An ad-free environment would be costly for those who can least afford
it
May 29, 2002 Government
Blunts our Competitive Edge
May 22, 2002 Most
people reject the idea of a cyborg future:
In the real
world we value many things more than efficiency
May 15, 2002 Working
from home brings some problems
: Like many professionals, their
time is too valuable to spend on administration
May 8, 2002 It’s
tough being loyal to loyalty cards
:

Know-it-all plastic for the need-it-all shopper must offer privacy

May 1, 2002 Casual car pools
a fix for traffic chaos
:
The system works well in San Francisco, so why not try it here?
Op-ed Columns
March 21, 2002 Conquering
the digital divide will elevate B.C. into becoming a tech mecca
March 13, 2002 Mountain
Coop’s web election a bold climb toward revitalizing democracy
December 20, 2001 Generosity
brings joy to the worldwide web
November 29, 2001 Taking
music isn’t a crime in the digital marketplace
November 9, 2001 Privacy
and security turn from friends to enemies
October 15, 2001 Going
online offers safety in discourse
October 1, 2001 War
on the Internet
First posted on September 19,2008