A tweet that makes sugar cane less sweet
A tweet by @gilda_miranda on #cdnpoli about the assassination of an indigenous chief of Potiguara in Brazil got me curious. I did a search on the Web and found claims that Cacique Geusivan has not been the only leader in Potiguara threatened. The crux of the matter appears to be a dispute between over … Read more
Do social workers need more business training?
I just read an interesting article published this year in the Journal of Consumer Research. Researchers Akker, Vohs and Mogilner (2010) took the same products and presented them to participants, as either being offered for sale by a corporation (com), or a non-profit (.org). No surprise to me, the non-profit (.org) designation came out with … Read more
The Fraser Institute’s shocking revelations
The Fraser Institute has released a new report suggesting wherever freedom is decreasing homicide is on the rise, and people aren’t working hard enough. The causes seem simple enough. First, when government spends money it limits freedom, worse it is perversity! Second, when government spends money to regulate and manage the wrong things it limits … Read more
For the sake of safety & courtesy shop carefully.
I love NFB! I constructed this montage because I think it highlights several concerns about who labors for the goods we consume and the cost of producing essential goods like food. It also highlights for me the concerns about migrant workers in Canada. This first film is migrant workers in Ontario’s tobacco fields in 1959. … Read more
