This morning, Instacart announced it will end its use of AI-powered pricing experiments following our report with @moreperfectunion.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org.

🎁 It's the most exorbitant time of the year 🎁 This week: how benefits from economic growth are being captured by an even tinier sliver of humanity. Plus, Gen Z holiday spending + a jumpstart on 2026 Olympic hockey trash talk. Join our list: tinyurl.com/4htsyxma #CdnPoli #HardFacts #HotTakes

EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too. Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.

Instacart’s response to our study has been to admit, then deny, then blame. “This is basically high-frequency dynamic pricing, completely untethered from managing scarce resources, & instead entirely done for the purpose of extracting consumer surplus,” @lindsayowens.bsky.social told @huffpost.com.

🚨New article! 🚨 GDP is up. So why does it feel like so many people are falling behind? Because who benefits from growth matters more than how fast the economy grows. Read @danskilleter.bsky.social on what the @wid.world report means for 🍁. #CanadaSky #CdnPoli 🔗 tinyurl.com/32m58r9m

🚨Explainer alert! 🚨 Economist @jimbostanford.bsky.social walks Andrew Chang through how Canada's Big Six banks made a tonne of money in 2025. And why big banks love big business. (Hint: 💰) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMew... #EconSky #CanadaSky #CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters

"Parasiti-capitalism allows investors to enrich themselves not by generating new value, but by extracting existing value. It has become one of the major forces driving inequality and economic stagnation today." New guest post from Rachel Wasserman: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/parasiti-c...

Glad to contribute to this outstanding 'About That' explainer from Andrew Chang for CBC News, on how Canada's big banks make so much money: youtube.com/watch?v=TMew.... A widening net interest gap, combined with cream from the AI stock bubble, drove record profits in '25. #cdnecon /2

Millions of jobs are at risk from AI--but not because we can be replaced by algorithms. Rather, the big risk is the financial and macroeconomic fallout when the AI stock bubble (bigger than any in history) inevitably bursts. My take in today's @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/business/opi...

🗣️"Le système économique mondial est en train de créer les conditions de son propre épuisement", a dit @lucaschancel.bsky.social en revenant sur les chiffres de notre Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales. 🔗 Résumé en français ici : wir2026.wid.world/www-site/upl... www.bfmtv.com/economie/pat...

"A group of people that could fit in a football stadium own three times more wealth than the entire bottom half of humanity." #WealthInequality #CdnPoli #CanadaSky

From wealth hoarding and tax breaks for billionaires to unpaid care work and climate damage, the @wid.world World Inequality Report paints a picture of an economic order tilted towards a tiny ultra-wealthy minority. uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/tiny-e... #EconSky cc: @hscoffield.bsky.social

🚨New article! 🚨 SuccessionOntario.ca is a good start - but different buyers shape risks and benefits to workers and communities. Getting business succession right is key to 🍁's broader economic sovereignty. Read @danskilleter.bsky.social 👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/3naar67z #Succession #CdnPoli #CanadaSky

Checked out Toronto Reference Library’s “Retail Retrospective” Exhibit of old shopping bags! I think my favorite is the “Shop Canadian” one with the “ONTARIO GOVERNMENT TRADE CRUSADE” text at the bottom. Feels like something Doug Ford would say. The retro TPL logo is cool too.

Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions. 👇Share this thread, share the report! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...

Very cool job opportunity, with the very cool @hscoffield.bsky.social at the newly formed Canadian Tax Observatory. canadiantaxobservatory.ca/now-hiring-s...

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

📰 En Une du @lemonde.fr aujourd'hui : "L'extrême concentration des richesses mondiales" 3 article à lire pour découvrir en avant-première Le Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales 2026 www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

Employee-owned companies are better at riding out economic downturns—and Harvard Business School has the research to prove it. Now it’s Canada’s turn to build our evidence base. Read the latest from SCP: tinyurl.com/5avstwyv Join our list: tinyurl.com/4htsyxma #HotTakes #HardFacts #CdnPoli

I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

“Should our media system primarily serve democracy, or profit?” NEW in @thenation.com: the team behind our new report argue the answer must be democracy—and lay out what it’ll take to break up corporate media and rebuild public media: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“Canadians show a clear preference for allyship with Europe rather than the U.S. under the Trump administration. Canadians largely agree that Canada needs to move away from relying on the United States.”

(Paywall) Great piece on the importance of employee ownership in combatting wealth inequality. The Canadian government needs to realize that the uncertainty it is creating on this file is one of the big obstacles to unleashing a wave of employee ownership successions. www.inc.com/fast-company...

Coming next week. Stay tuned. ⏳ #WIR2026 #InequalityData wid.world/news-article...

🚨In the news 🚨 "Employee-owned companies grow faster and generate higher profits than the norm. They’re more productive and more innovative and exhibit greater resilience when times are tough." Read more: canadiansme.ca/unlocking-ca... #SMEs #EOTs #EmployeeOwnership #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli

Employee ownership is not philanthropy. It is a durable, market-tested strategy that drives growth, resilience and equity. Employee-owned firms grow 2% faster than their peers and are half as likely to go bankrupt. Read more 👇 #OwnershipMatters #EOTs #EO #CdnPoli #CanadaSky #EconSky

Research from @harvard.edu shows that employee-owned firms do better during recessions and other crises than traditional companies. Employee ownership is better for business. Read more: www.hbs.edu/bigs/employe... #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli #CanadaStrong #EOTs

Are you working to build a fairer world? 🌍 Applications are now open for the 2026-27 Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme, a funded fellowship for social change leaders at the London School of Economics - LSE. Learn more: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/news/a...

Read all about it at: socialcapitalpartners.ca/smith-school...

ICYMI, this week Smith School of Business at Queen's U. launched a research initiative to deepen Canada’s knowledge of a powerful succession model that can enhance outcomes for owners, employees and communities: employee ownership. Stay tuned! #CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters #EO

Some countries yell their way through the world. This year, the world leaned toward the one that did not.

Intergenerational inequality is corroding 🍁's democracy. If we want a healthy democracy, we have to stop treating young people like a special interest group and start treating them like what they are: the future of the electorate and the economy. Read more 👇 #CdnPoli #Canadasky #EconSky

Protesters chanted "people over profits" at Queen's Park Monday after Premier Doug Ford's government passed a bill critics say will favour landlords over tenants. Ford shouted back: "Go find a job."

🚨Canada has an #EO research institute!🚨 At the Smith School of Business, the EORI will provide evidence to drive awareness, knowledge and know-how so Canadian owners, workers and communities can reap the benefits of employee ownership. Read more: tinyurl.com/mua64vxw #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli

Spoiler alert: my answer is NO.

Ownership. It's a thang. #OwnershipMatters #Sovereignty #Succession #EconomicSecurity #WealthEquality #EconSky #CanadaSky #CdnPoli

In recent years, many of Canada’s most iconic companies have been quietly purchased by foreign entities. Beyond wounds to our national pride, this pattern is a disaster for workers and consumers. If we #WANTITALL, we have to stop letting foreign entities steal home. #CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters

Many working Canadians cannot afford daily life. We need PIAC -- but we need organizations like PIAC to be properly funded so they can do their work protecting consumers. thelogic.co/news/consume...

The ties between Canada and Sweden are founded on shared values and decades of cooperation in defence, trade, and investment. To expand that further, we just launched a new strategic partnership to connect our industries and workers in key sectors like critical minerals, clean energy, and defence.

There are some things happening in the world that make me hopeful. This is one of them. Stronger alliances between democratic nations. Sweden’s Saab offers to build entire GlobalEye military surveillance plane in Canada - The Globe and Mail share.google/qDQY1katb0Gz...

Sometimes it takes a "reverse Hallmark movie" to drive home the pervasive ills of private equity and how it steals more from families and communities than the holiday spirit. #PrivateEquity #Hallmark #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli #EconSky www.instagram.com/p/DRAlWcTjzqV/

Already happening with Parkland Corporation being sold off to Sunoco LP. Layoffs of Canadians immediately followed, and now critical infrastructure is owned by our aggressive, fascist neighbour.

🚨New article!🚨 There's a danger the Canada Strong growth plan will enable a sell-off of Canadian companies to foreign investors - and that this would be considered a *win* for the strategy. This would be a mistake. Here's why 👇👇👇 #CanadaSky #CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters

The divide between rich and poor in the U.S. has become more pronounced in recent months. Wealthier Americans, buoyed by a stock market that keeps setting records, have continued to spend freely. Lower-income households — stung by persistent inflation and a slowing labor market — are pulling back.

Today in SCP eNews:🏆 The power of friendship Baseball, like the Budget, usually mixes heartbreak with hope. Plus, we need more pushing on #EOTs and Billie Eilish has choice words for billionaires. Read today's edition: us18.campaign-archive.com?u=53675690f1... #eNews #CdnPoli #CanadaSky

this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict

Extraction is "the taking of wealth far in excess of the value provided..." says @superwuster.bsky.social "It is the unrestrained exertion of economic power and it has become the curse of our age." #CdnPoli #WealthExtraction #Equality #WorkingPeople

🍁's household debt-to-income ratio is rising - up to 174.9 per cent in the second quarter. This means, people owe $1.75 in debt for every dollar of household disposable income. Read more 👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Affordability #CdnPoli #WealthInequality

"And while the value of crypto and tech stocks bob up and down, one thing is certain: the rich keep getting richer." The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year. #WealthInequality #CdnPoli

Corporate Canada got the budget it wanted. Now they need to deliver. Economic growth, on its own, is not enough. It must also reverse growing economic inequality. Working people and young people need to see some of the upside, not just investors. socialcapitalpartners.ca/reflections-...