Jamie Swift
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Persistent PovertyVoices From the Margins |
It’s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb. Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing landscaping business he built from the ground … | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 184 | 2010 | View |
NEW! The Case for Basic IncomeFreedom, Security, Justice |
Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19—with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 264 | 2021 | View |
From From: Persistent Poverty |
The Introduction describes the process by which the the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) gathered the material for this book through a 2010 social audit process that engaged … | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 5 | 2010 | $0.50 Add |
From “As Sharp As You Could Cut Them”From: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! Introduction |
In the book’s introduction, the authors suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the failure of free-market fundamentalism. They believe that livable basic income would enhance freedom … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! A Good Idea Goes Viral |
This chapter highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on low-wage "essential" workers, racialized populations, and women; the pandemic revealed that many Canadians suffer from … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
From Back to the Future? The Choice Is OursFrom: Persistent Poverty |
- | Armine Yalnizyan; Jamie Swift | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! A Brief History of Basic Income in Canada |
In this chapter, various basic income schemes in Canada are detailed, from William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party to the famous "Mincome" project in Dauphin, Manitoba. The chapter … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
From Working Harder Is Hardly WorkingFrom: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly |
This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government. | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
From NEW! LindsayThe Saturation Site |
In this chapter, Swift and Power outline the Basic Income pilot project that took place in Lindsay, Ontario, and the various groups of ativists who made the project possible. | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
From Ontario Works: How Did This Happen to Me?From: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Hamilton IThe Freedom to Live with Some Dignity |
This chapters explores Ontario’s basic income project in Hamilton, focusing on how basic income can improve public health. | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
From The Disorienting Disability Support MazeFrom: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! Hamilton IIThinking Further Down the Road |
In this chapter, the authors focus on Jodi Dean, a single mother in Hamilton who was a basic income recipient. | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
From The Affordable Housing Deficit: Out of the ColdFrom: Persistent Poverty |
- | Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add |