economics
An alternative perspective on small businesses
May 14, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Small businesses contribute to local economies by offering unique products, innovations, and creating job opportunities. In Canada, they employ over five million people throughout the country and make up nearly 98% of all businesses. However, the narrative around small businesses often focuses on the owners, and ignores the employees. CEOs and small business owners have some key differences. CEOs are often chosen by a Board of Directors, which is made up of investors who oversee a company’s entire vision. Small business owners are those who create and manage a business at a smaller scale, and…
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Navigating the soaring costs of groceries
May 15, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer If you’ve recently gone grocery shopping, you’ve likely noticed concerning rises in food prices. Why has everything gone up a couple of bucks, but the portions have gotten smaller (also known as shrinkflation)? Why have…
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Lowering inflation isn’t enough to fix the rising cost of living
March 17, 2023By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Browsing news and social media these days feels increasingly dystopian. News feeds present articles about Canadians cutting back on prescription medications, working two jobs, and changing their minds about having children in this economy. Wealth…
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Tymofiy Mylovanov discusses the war in Ukraine
May 28, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer On May 10, the SFU Economics Research Seminar series hosted Tymofiy Mylovanov for the seminar titled, Military and Economic Aspects of the War in Ukraine. Mylovanov is president of the Kyiv School of Economics, associate…
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SFU economics alumnus solves Canadian global debt crisis by suggesting we “print more money”
January 24, 2021By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor VANCOUVER, BC — A recent graduate from the SFU department of economics, Matthew Lashuk, has gone where no other economist with a basic understanding of the capitalist proceedings of the world has ever gone before.…
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