Business & Economy

Through the McMaster Centre for Research on Employment and Work (MCREW), faculty members across McMaster discuss breaking down academic silos to solve work, worker and workplace problems.

New Canada Research Chair Maryam Ghasemaghaei examines biases in artificial intelligence algorithms that can lead to discriminatory decisions, and is working on developing strategies to foster equity.

MCREW brings together experts from across disciplines to study challenges affecting work, workers and workplaces.

Canada's working class is predominately in the services sector, not manufacturing. It's time to let go of economic nostalgia and focus on four key policies that will support working Canadians, writes Gerard Di Trolio.

More than 150 supporters of entrepreneurship at McMaster got together for an innovation showcase, panel discussion and the announcement of new seed funding at the second annual Made at Mac event.

As the prices of Canadian goods rise and U.S. demand diminishes, supply chains on both sides of the border will feel the impact, Behrouz Bakhtiari warns.

While many Canadians are eager to support domestic products in response to U.S. tariffs, François Neville explains the shift comes with financial, logistical and effort-related challenges.

Economist Pau Pujolas on protectionist U.S. policy, the potential for severe economic downtown, and how to avoid it.

The pandemic illustrated that public banks are well-equipped to deal with global challenges, and have immense untapped potential to benefit people and the planet, expert Thomas Marois explains.

The pandemic disrupted workplaces and labour relations 'like a meteor from space,' and ultimately triggered a wave of strike action that is still gaining speed, Labour expert Stephanie Ross says.

Connelly explains how proposed U.S. tariffs are likely to take a toll in some sectors and create opportunities in others, as well as the effects on Canadians who are just starting out in the work force.

Economist Pau Pujolas explains tariffs, trade wars and how improving trade between provinces would strengthen and protect Canada's economy.