Articles Money Matters

The High Holiday period is one (we hope!) filled with introspection, reflection and a commitment to try to become a better person. Our religious…

The government of Italy recently completed their third tax amnesty in the past eight years. The amnesty—which was only on undeclared income held…

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet recently announced the launch of the “Giving Pledge” campaign, asking that all billionaires in America donate at least…

Just as we thought the recession was over and that economies around the world had turned the corner we are witness to charges of fraud against…

The issue of heath care, specifically the economics of health care, has taken a central role recently both here and south of the border. Like it or…

Corporate restructuring in the private sector usually entails job cuts and often increased demands on the “unaffected” employees. However for those…

All too often the financial news, especially when viewed from an ethical perspective is disheartening. The Talmudic adage that all sin with regard to…

From an ethical perspective this past year has not been a very good one. There has been a seemingly endless stream of scandals involving money…

Issues of church and state—especially in the United States, with its constitutional separation of these two realms—are always controversial, often…

Rav Yisroel Salanter, the 19th century ethicist, noted that it takes much more moral strength to be a businessman with integrity than to be a rabbi.…

It takes great moral strength to be a public servant. As guardians of the public purse they must decide where to spend money and equally importantly…

Like most children growing up in Canada, hockey was a beloved part of my childhood. Doing my best imitation of Bobby Hull (for some strange reason I…

For weeks the GM and Chrysler have been warning that unless their workers make major wage concessions the companies will be forced to file for…

Family feuds, especially around money, can get very nasty. Throw in some religious tension and watch the sparks fly. A nasty court battle is ongoing…

Tzedakah has become big business. With the amazing amounts of wealth created in the post war period (the recession notwithstanding we are blessed to…

The proliferation of technology has added new meaning to the Talmudic teachings that “there is a seeing eye, a hearing ear and all our actions are…

Our Sages, ever so perceptive of human nature, note that a person reveals his true self through his “pocket, his drink and his anger (b’kiso, koso,…

With the drop in net worth that many have experienced I had planned to write about the need for even greater efforts of tzedaka. With so many more…