It wasn't just 'fake news' presenting a fake Hillary Clinton
Nov 23, 2016 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Despite Hillary Clintons long and demonstrable commitment to public service and liberal reform, many voters in the 2016 presidential election were persuaded that she was corrupt, mercenary and even murderous. A sinister...
China's two-child policy isn't the answer to its ageing population problem
Nov 23, 2016 01:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Chinas two-child policy could contribute to higher rates of GDP growth (with a modest increase in domestic consumption) and it would reduce the proportion of the aged in China in the decades ahead, our research shows. But...
How to bridge the political divide at the holiday dinner table
Nov 23, 2016 00:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
We are a divided nation; that is an understatement. Whats more, we increasingly hear we are living in our own bubble or echo chamber that differing views cannot penetrate. To correct the problem, many are calling for...
Is Fukushima still safe after the latest earthquake?
Nov 22, 2016 23:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
We all remember March 11, 2011, when the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan earthquake triggered a 14-metre tsunami that flooded the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Four of the six reactors on site were badly damaged,...
What Trump's 'energy independent' US would mean for the rest of the world
Nov 22, 2016 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for an America first energy plan. This includes developing new oil fields in the US, creating at least half a million new jobs in energy, and promoting natural gas over coal in...
The dirty politics of scapegoating – and why victims are always the harmless, easy targets
Nov 22, 2016 23:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
The word scapegoat is being used a lot in discussions about politics in 2016. The new US president-elect, Donald Trump, appealed to some voters with rhetoric that appeared to scapegoat Mexicans and Muslims for various...
Do conservatives value 'moral purity' more than liberals?
Nov 22, 2016 23:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the wake of Donald Trumps election, the overwhelming response among progressives was how in the world did this happen? Those of us who study the rise of political and moral polarization in the United States, however,...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned