Amazon reportedly failed to create any new jobs at its HQ2 in Virginia last year, despite millions of state tax incentives. The company has cut 30,000 jobs since last October — while saving $4 billion in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill. Trickle-down economics is a hoax.

Extreme wealth inequality undermines economic resilience and social stability, and we’re here to change that. It’s the natural next step in our mission to build an economy where more people are owners and have agency over their economic future. What we believe:

😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning. @exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int

The latest on apocalyptic mindfulness, gambling on everything and the K-Shaped Economy all in one funny-but-factual biweekly read. Read the Social Capital Partners newsletter: mailchi.mp/195ad68d7dba... #SignUp #CdnPoli #WealthInequality #Ownership

Canada's non-market housing sector is half the size it should be, and part of the reason is a set of obscure rules quietly blocking NFPs from using their own assets. 👇 Our new paper lays out the problem and, crucially, the fixes! They're relatively simple, low-cost and within reach. #CdnPoli

🎧Tune in to the first episode of The Billionaire Age — CBC's new documentary series featuring World Inequality Lab's co-directors and research fellows @lucaschancel.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social @nitin-k-bharti.bsky.social @guidoalfani.bsky.social, and more. app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

Food is too expensive in Canada. And one reason is the oligopolistic control of our food markets, writes @mendelmatt.bsky.social. Grocery chains make profits way out of line with their global peers. Even when comparing apples to oranges, #OwnershipMatters 📰 Read the piece 👇 #CdnPoli

What DOESN'T Canada need? More ways to gamble. @rwasserman.bsky.social was on CKNW 730 Radio in Vancouver this morning to talk about prediction markets, Polymarket betting and all things problematic about this new form of gambling. 🎧 Listen to the interview at 19:10 here 👇 #CdnPoli

When it comes to prices and daily living, it's rough out there. Some are making $ hand over fist while others suffer. Read more in this *gift link* to the Saturday Star's Opinion Weekly by @hscoffield.bsky.social #KShapedEconomy #CdnPoli 🔗 www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Top 10 Signs of No Kings, 3/28/26. After reviewing thousands of photos from yesterday, here are my Top 10. Links to my Top 10s from No Kings in April, June and October are included. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

No Kings is worth attending for the entertaining signs.

Prediction market execs in the U.S. are calling this exploding form of betting on just about anything "financial innovation." @rwasserman.bsky.social challenges that, calling it what it is: gambling. She joined @globalnews.ca to explain 🎧 Listen to the clip: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/r...

A new report found 86 billionaire families hold as much wealth as Canada’s 6.2 million poorest families. We speak with @dylandusseault.bsky.social on why some of Canada's richest say they should be taxed more and @jimbostanford.bsky.social breaks down tax loopholes driving the gap lnk.to/bigstory

How’s the U.S. economy? Not bad if you’re rich. Same in 🍁: over the past year, the richest households have been rapidly multiplying their wealth, while those with tighter budgets struggle to get ahead. Read their stories. #EconSky #WealthEquality #CdnPoli #EconomicSecurityForAll

Wall Street's average annual bonus hit $246,900 in 2025, taking the total payout pool to a record high, according to estimates by the New York State comptroller. Read more: bloom.bg/4uSfnwZ 📷: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Prediction markets have made it possible to bet on almost anything in the U.S. and now @wealthsimple.bsky.social wants to bring it to Canada. It looks like finance, but acts like gambling - with all its addictive harms. Read @rwasserman.bsky.social on stopping the scourge 👇 #CdnPoli #EconSky

"Federal authorities are nickel-and-diming individual taxpayers, often in low-income circumstances, while fiscal authorities are side-stepping a full-on conversation about how to fairly finance the society we want and who will pay." 📰 Read the latest from @hscoffield.bsky.social #FairTaxation

In our latest SCP newsletter: ❄️We the Nords! Read it: us18.campaign-archive.com?u=53675690f1... Subscribe: socialcapitalpartners.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

@c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social found that, in 2023, 86 billionaire families held as much wealth as Canada’s 6.2 million least wealthy families. The big question for @dylandusseault.bsky.social is how to fix it? #WealthInequality #WorkingPeople

Canada introduced the Employee Ownership Trust 2024 and it's already working (!) But a key tax incentive expires in 2026. Without urgent action from Ottawa, the window could close before it ever fully opens. 📖 Worth a read: socialcapitalpartners.ca/why-canada-s... #EconSky #CdnPoli

Wab Kinew’s NDP government in Manitoba has tabled a bill to ban “predatory pricing” at grocery stores, something that Quebec’s Consumer Protection Minister should take notice of.

We had to double check the number of zeroes on this one!

Extreme wealth inequality is a policy choice. It is a product of the dynamics of contemporary capitalism that we are not properly addressing through policy. Too few people own too many assets. It is a threat to democracy and global security. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Independent, evidence-based reporting by those who are not owned and controlled by wealthy oligarchs has never been more important. #Prosperity #WorkingPeople #Democracy #Independence

Has anyone asked Trump what he's feeling in his bones today?

Any flourishing capitalist society has broadly shared ownership and wealth. That's how they succeed. In Canada, we've been trending away from that towards more concentrated ownership and wealth. - @jonshell.bsky.social Here's how employee-ownership can help. #EOTs #EmployeeOwnership #CdnPoli

When a developer builds a new bridge or project, a Community Benefits Agreement ensures it will also benefit local people. CBAs have long been seen as a progressive policy tool. But what if Conservatives embraced them, just with different priorities? 📝 Read @danskilleter.bsky.social #CdnPoli

Canada's wealth gap appeared to narrow between 2019 and 2023. Huh? @danskilleter.bsky.social finds that the dip was largely a mirage, driven by a pandemic housing boom that temporarily inflated the one asset ordinary Canadians hold: their home. 📰 Read the article: tinyurl.com/SCPideas #CdnPoli

🌍 📊 Where do you stand in the global income distribution? Explore the interactive WID Income Comparator based on surveys, tax data & national accounts, for a consistent view across countries. ➡️ wid.world/income-compa...

Canadian businesses are being sold off or shut down, but there's a better option. Employee Ownership Trusts let workers buy in, keep companies local and share in the profits. The tax incentive exists. Now Ottawa needs to make it permanent. Jon Shell makes the case 👇 #CdnPoli #EOTs #EconSky

Manitoba Moves to Ban Personalized Pricing Based on Consumer Data www.chrisd.ca/2026/03/17/m... #mbpoli

Might Canada benefit from a new national #PDB? Absolutely ... if built in the #publicinterest. publicbanking.mcmaster.ca/resources/

New on Critical Takes! How public development banks can offer a more democratic alternative to private investment. Thomas Marois of @publicbanking.bsky.social talks about why these banks matter and how to ensure they're accountable to citizens. Listen here: criticaltakes.org/society-and-...

Canada's healthcare system may not look the same as south of the border, but the forces quietly reshaping Main Street do. Here, private equity rolls up vet clinics, LTC homes, dentists and HVAC services. Rarely to consumers' benefit. @slate.com dives into the details 👇 #PE #CdnPoli #EconSky

Just because most people have never heard the term "extractive practices," doesn't mean they haven't felt the effects. As @rwasserman.bsky.social explains on BNN Bloomberg, private equity is a common example. Here's how it works: #PE #Extraction #CdnPoli #EconSky

Canada’s biggest corporations made a record $677B in profits last year. Yet the share they pay in taxes has never been lower, and investment is lagging. Jared Walker and @silasxuereb.bsky.social of @c4tf.bsky.social ask: If tax cuts worked, wouldn’t we have seen the results by now?

"As asset prices rise faster than wages, Canadian talent is following the money. Unfortunately, that money is shifting toward nonproducing sectors of the Canadian economy ... Sooner or later, we're going to have to make something." #WealthEquality #EconSky #CdnPoli #FairEconomy

"The real engine of inequality is structural: corporate and financial practices that concentrate wealth among shareholders while shortchanging other stakeholders who should be benefiting from corporate profits—and too often creating little of real value to society." #WealthEquality #EconSky

What might seem like "getting in on a good deal" might actually leave everyday investors holding the bag. More from @rwasserman.bsky.social on why the OSC should reconsider their dangerous path to opening up PE markets to retail investors. Short story: bad idea. 🔗 👇 #PE #EconomicSecurity

The OSC wants to give retail investors access to private markets. Sounds good!? But look closer, and it starts to look like offloading risk onto people with the least power to absorb it. By Ed Waitzer and @rwasserman.bsky.social in today's @theglobeandmail.com 🔗👇 #CdnPoli #PE #WealthEquality

“The Canadian Shield Institute, an economic think tank, recommended a stricter definition of a Canadian company based on where it is governed and controlled, rather than simply where it has offices or employees.” Yes, we need a more logical definition of a domestic firm.

Social and community infrastructure is economic infrastructure.

Almost 1/2 of Canadians say they "regret the amount of debt [they've] taken on in their life." Rather than paying down debt, Canadians are borrowing even more. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #CdnPoli #EconomicSecurity #WorkingPeople #CdnEcon

What is the relationship between the growth in private capital markets and the rise in economic inequalities? @cmtneztt.bsky.social will assess this relationship over the last two decades in the U.S. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/AWbceur 💻️ Attend online: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

I hate the conversation about “productivity” because no one ever explains what it actually means or what they are talking about. This is a fantastic explainer.

In today's newsletter, SCP covers a curling controversy, hilarious hoodies and why a competitive economy doesn't happen by accident. Plus, the ultimate in productivitymaxxing.💅 Read: mailchi.mp/7afec211011a... Subscribe: socialcapitalpartners.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #CdnPoli

BTS of Taproot Community Support Services' transition to employee ownership. Find out how it works! futureofgood.co/casual-staff... #EmployeeOwnership #EOTs #WorkerOwned #FairEconomy

If Canada isn’t in a recession, why does it feel like one for so many? @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and Sabrina Maddeaux unpack how rising GDP and record profits can coexist with food bank lines, housing crises and a shrinking middle class. 🎧Listen at: youtu.be/SVq_1ap4lCo?... #EconSky #CdnPoli

Canada needs to increase its productivity performance. But we keep talking about the wrong things. What would actually help?