Environmental activist/consumerist critic Annie Leonard appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday to discuss her new book, "The Story of Stuff," which was released Tuesday. The book is a follow-up to a viral video she made in 2007 by the same title, which was viewed by more than 10 million people. It explores how our stuff has ended up owning us inste […]

You create experiences. You might design products or raise children or write books or teach classes or produce events or see patients - whatever you do, you create an experience for others. […]

Does FORTUNE's list of Most Admired Companies prove we have a weird blind spot for those who manipulate the system at our expense? […]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pledged on Wednesday to take a serious look at revising the filibuster rules at the beginning of the next Congress, calling the current level of obstruction in the Senate unacceptable. In a speech before a gathering of progressive media, the Nevada Democrat compared the procedural games played by his Republican coun […]

I had the great pleasure of meeting Claudia Goffan about a year ago. I quickly realized that Claudia was an incredibly talented and driven person. She... […]

This week’s Essential Report comes in with the primaries running 43 (up 1)/ 40 (steady) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 54/46 the same way – a one point gain to Labor since last week. The Greens and the broad “Others” are steady on 9 a piece. This comes from a [...] […]

This is an expanded version of something I wrote for the Crikey daily mail last week. Does increasing consumer confidence boost the government vote? Orthodox wisdom would have us “yes” – good consumers are good government voters. If people are happy with their economic lot, if they’re happy with their economic expectations about the future, then [...] […]

Continuing on from Part 1 where we had a look at the vote estimates and win expectations, we now move on to the additional questions that were asked on greater federal government involvement in the hospital system and a question on which party is best to handle a number of issues. The hospital question and its [...] […]

Today’s Nielsen via the Fairfax press has the Coalition up 1 on the primaries and Labor steady to come in at 42/42, washing out into a two party preferred of 53/47 to Labor – a one point gain to the Coalition since last month. The Greens are on 9 (down 1) while the broad “Others” [...] […]

Another Friday, another sweep around the betting markets to see where the money is running for the federal election contest. Among the 5 agencies we watch, this week saw changes in the ALP price run in both directions, while changes in the Coalition price were all one way when they happened. Sportsbet pulled the ALP [...] […]

From comments yesterday, it might be a good time to have a bit of a squiz at how the Greens have been performing in the vote estimates over the last 12 months. The common theme with the Greens has been on how their vote has been growing substantially over recent times, and while that is [...] […]