6 Economists Every Entrepreneur Should Know About

Published: 7 January 2014

For years I’ve rejected the false choice that entrepreneurs are forced to make when it comes to the subjects of political science and comparative economics. First is the offer to buy in to the...

Currency flows and flaws: Brenner

Published: 9 September 2015

This op-ed is written by Reuven Brenner, the Repap Chair at McGill University’s Desautels faculty of Management. ...

Professor Reuven Brenner receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Published: 12 February 2013

Professor Reuven Brenner has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in February 2013 for his dedication to his peers, his community, and to Canada. This commemorative medal was...

As English Football Season Starts, Burma’s Gamblers Play the Odds

Published: 23 August 2013

On a TV above the blue neon-lit bar in Rangoon’s Tamwe Township, the hapless-looking Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger grimaced, sputtering an indiscernible obscenity, his hands resting forlornly on...

The boom-and-bust Fed's rental society

Published: 18 October 2014

Article By Reuven Brenner Now, as during World War II and up to 1951, the US Federal Reserve practiced what is now called quantitative easing (QE). Then, as now, nominal interest rates were low and...

How Donald Trump became Adam Smith’s street-fighting man

Published: 16 March 2016

Despite being an icon of economic liberty, Smith did not think that government intervention was always bad: it depended on the circumstances

Bannon, Plato and the decline of America

Published: 7 March 2017

In a piece for the Asia Times, Desautels Professor Reuven Brenner looks at Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon’s view of history and how it forms his domestic and foreign strategy. Professor Brenner says...

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