This week, there's a couple blog entries relating to Walmart, one about drug prices (from the Freakonomics blog), and another relating their plans to create scorecards for electronicsThis is huge. From the comments on the Freakonomics blog, it looks like some pharmacists are already being forced to respond to the price drops. As for electronics - ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago I got bulk mail from Jack Layton about the NDP's green policy. It looked good, and I've been meaning to take a closer look. Here's some thoughts on the subject, with some comments on how we can push a consensus that can reach to both the left and right in Canada ( Read more... )

Nora Young (CBC) just called me for a phone interview about Kiva. It's a cool organization. If you care about development, micro-finance and sustainability you should check it out ( Read more... )