"...Mr. Trudeau, now Prime Minister, got some new numbers on Tuesday from an international survey that scores Canada's budgetary system for transparency, public participation and oversight – 71, 39 and 57, respectively. These are weak numbers that will require systemic reforms to address..."

"Here's a low down on the capital market reform measures that worked and ones that got stuck due to regulatory overlaps

A Conversation With Google's Hal Varian will begin on February 7, 2018 1:00pm EST. The Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium generates critical thinking about the consequences of herd mentality behavior in global economics. The 2018 symposium will examine the insights that big data has provided into economic—and political—behavior.

This symposium, presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, is made possible through the generous support of Robert B. Menschel.

World Economic Update will begin on February 21, 2018. The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their implications for U.S. policy. This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

''The United States slashed its corporate rate from 35 per cent to 21 per cent on January 1. Meanwhile, over the past 15 or so years Australia has gone from having one of the lowest company rates in the OECD to one of the highest. The government's "enterprise tax plan" which seeks to lower the rate to 25 per cent over a decade has been meet with resistance from the Senate crossbench, and outright hostility from the Labor opposition...''

Sustainability Summit 2018 will take place on March 22nd 2018 in London. Hear from the chief executives of Sainsbury's, E.ON and Nespresso plus speakers from the European Commission, Google, Greenpeace, Maersk Line and more.