Global and national growth including historic timelines.
This post documents key characteristics of selected labour markets within Ontario. It establishes benchmarks for future assessments of these communities.… READ MORE
At its most granular level, the economy is composed of three fundamental factors: labour, capital and land. These factors interact… READ MORE
As documented earlier the global socio-economy has experienced historic growth since the first half of the nineteenth century. Higher per… READ MORE
This post is an update to an earlier post regarding the performance of the local economy in Sault Ste. Marie.… READ MORE
Statistics Canada uses a classification system to describe Canadian economies: the national economy and the economies of the ten provinces… READ MORE
A major theme of posts on LG Economic Insights website has been the previously unimagined progress of the global socio-economy… READ MORE
The emergence of the electric-battery powered vehicle is a sign of the continuation of the growth of the socio-economy described… READ MORE
The effect of inflation on the cost of living and real, inflation adjusted income, is a headline issue in the… READ MORE
A prior post noted that the global socio-economy is experiencing an unprecedented era of accelerated economic growth and enhanced quality… READ MORE
The world has reached and sustained a level of income and a quality of life unimaginable to anyone before the… READ MORE
James Graham on the lingering and as yet unresolved effect of the 2008 global Financial Crisis (Reuters digital July 17, 2025)
…We’d been promised that this was the end of history and that everything was inevitably going to be a linear advancement towards progress and improvement. … I had no idea the longer, bigger crises and anger that was going to be coming down the line.
A retired economist just stumbling and bumbling along to the end of the road.