Friendship, sunsets, compassion, community add nothing to the GDP

A quote caught my eye the other day: “Gross National Product measures everything, except that which makes life worthwhile.” — Robert Kennedy. I agree with this on so many levels. Acknowledging that I am no economist, for me the market value of all products and services produced in one year by Canada has very little to do with my quality …

Stop trying to keep up with the Joneses — we aren’t entitled to any of it

The unfortunate sign of the times is ‘For sale by owner’. Driving through upper Michigan this past weekend I was awestruck at the number of “for sale” signs. In this case, I’m referring not to houses, but to the items for sale parked on the front lawns of houses. Boats, recreational vehicles, trailers, riding mowers, motorcycles, tractors, and more, were …