"Designers can be better business strategists than MBAs?" So far 69% or around 2/3rds say yes on 126 votes. Here's the Poll. Whether this is a self-selection answer (i.e. designers self-select, and have more incentive to vote as they have more to gain) -- it is interesting.
The primary causes of the GFC were not markets and capitalism. The primary causes of the GFC were monopolies and collusion.
The importance of economic incentives. Rebuttal of the Harvard BR writer's argument that 'copying is as valid as innovation' -- in short. I do not agree ethically, economically and due to hard numbers.
As is often said in politics, the only poll that counts is the one on election day. Certainly, the data from long time polling shows a massive variability to poll day results. Poll data is obtained via survey of voting intentions. This uses a sub-set of voters
The perception is that the more numerals data has, the more accurate. This perception is in GDP, unemployment rates, economic and other data. Yet it's not strictly true.
One aspect of buying food these days is reading labels. At least for me. I find I am often checking any processed food before purchasing. Both the ingredient list, and the side nutrition panel. Doing this for awhile, brings up 2 interesting data points you may not know...
Meetup is an interesting site. It seeks to move an online socializing function to a local 'offline' face to face meet-up. In other words -- off Facebook and let's go get some beers!
The interesting measure of property prices is multiple of income. There's a lot of pain out there in inner-city and suburban Australia, and we're all feeling it. The stats the government produces are aggregate stats, which averages out those doing uber-well (often blue collar semi-skilled trades, or specialist white collar) and those not doing so well (some white-collar or unskilled).