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Why are politicians freaking out over the future of downtowns? How can we make urban centres more inviting? And what's the point of an office anyways? Professor Richard Florida joins the latest Office Hours to provide the answers.

While there have been improvements to Indigenous economic well-being, gaps continue. How can policy-makers and businesses remove systemic barriers for success?

In the U.S., employees with a post-secondary degree make nearly twice as much as those without. It wasn't always this way, and a lack of labour laws may be to blame. What can Europe teach us?

When a member of the Black community is killed in a police incident, the local-area members of that group experience a significant change to their financial decision-making, negatively affecting their long-term wealth growth.

Social interactions with local communities can have a significant financial benefit for homeowners, but not all neighbourhoods or communities benefit equally.

Child-care wait lists have ballooned across Ontario since the province signed on to the national $10-a-day program, as demand due to the lower fees appears to be far outstripping the creation of new spaces in many regions.

Policy makers take note: High-speed rail can help nurture networking opportunities between companies and grow the bottom line, new research finds.

Not every city can have a hip start-up ecosystem that appeals to young entrepreneurial organizations. When start-ups are looking to move, there's a strong pull in sleepy, steadfast cities, new research finds.