In election devoid of class politics, Liberals won on the economy

Canada didn’t get the memo that it's okay to talk about inequality again
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The History of Marketing Operations (Infographic)

Marketing Operations is on the rise, with many companies turning to marketing ops teams to make their marketing efforts more efficient and effective. While Marketing Ops is still a relatively new field, its beginnings stretch back to the 1920s, and its evolution through different marketing disciplines provides insights into its importance, benefits, and increasing popularity. …
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A Penny for Your Books

In recent years, low-cost booksellers have proliferated on the web. But how does a company that’ll sell you a book for a penny make a profit?
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Goldman Sachs Said Close to $50 Million Settlement on Fed Leak

Goldman Sachs Group is poised to settle allegations that one of its employees took confidential documents from the Federal Reserve in a deal that will cost it $50 million and restrict its ability to advise New York-based banks for the next three years, according to people briefed on the matter.
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Feds Investigate Alleged Egg Plot Against Vegan Mayonaise

USDA investigates American Egg Board. The United States Department of Agriculture is investigating the American Egg Board, a checkoff organization that advocates for the egg industry, in the wake of allegations that it waged a campaign against egg-free mayo company Hampton Creek. Internal American Egg Board emails, released in the wake of a FOIA request due to the organization’s status as a quasi-governmental body...
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Dead Farmer's daughter accuses politicians of neglecting farmers

Helen Bender, whose father killed himself after long battle against coal seam gas, tells program’s panel: ‘I don’t believe any one of you politicians have listened’
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Economists Prove That Capitalism Is Unnecessary

Actually they’ve done no such thing. But they do effectively assume that it’s unnecessary all the time. This transcendental truth became apparent to me in the reactions I have had from mainstream economists to a lecture I gave to my Kingston students this month (which is posted on my YouTube channel and blog). In it I explained that, at a very basic level, the original “Neoclassical” mathematical model of a market economy is mathematically unstable...
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