Capitalism & Alternatives

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Sustain This

The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship

From: In The Business of Change

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Whether working on a single issue at a time or adopting a larger, far-reaching lens of advocacy, policy and systems change, these entrepreneurs are establishing ventures with a comprehensive … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Gendered Violence of Canadian Extraction

Part One: Dispossession at Home

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

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In Chapter 2, author Rebecca Hall provides an expansive gendered analysis of the violence related to and actively caused by Canadian resource extraction. The chapter examines topics including … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Grand Delusion

From: Humanizing the Economy

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Homo Economicus Industrialization and Social Defence 24 $2.40 Add
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The Path We’re On

From: Future on Fire

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Chapter 1 reflects on our current policies toward climate change and what is at risk if we maintain this status quo. Topics discussed include current government policies for reducing carbon … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Rediscovery of the Commons

From: Think Like a Commoner

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The title of this chapter, “The Rediscovery of the Commons,” has a certain ironic edge because for hundreds of millions of people around the world, the commons has never gone away. It … 12 $1.20 Add
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Treason of the State

From: Civilizing the State

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In Treason of the State, the author contextualized his work by examining the history of welfare and poverty policies in the United States. He also explores co-operation, democracy and … 17 $1.70 Add
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YANIS VAROUFAKIS IN CONVERSATION WITH RUDYARD GRIFFITHS

From: The Future of Capitalism

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This reading consists of an interview between journalist Rudyard Griffiths and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis prior to the Munk Debate on the future of capitalism. The topic … ; ; ; 10 $1.20 Add
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A Good Dose of Materialism Helps a Bad Case of Affluenza

From: Curing Affluenza

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Chapter 2 examines our current culture of convenience, discussing topics including consuming and producing, credit cards and credit card debt, consumerism (the love of buying things) verses … 27 $2.70 Add
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A Roadmap to Well-Being

From: An Economy of Well-Being

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* Can Well-Being Be Measured? * The Science of Well-Being: What We Measure Affects What We Do * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and an Indigenous Model of Well-Being * The Util: Measuring Real … 26 $2.60 Add
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ARTHUR BROOKS IN CONVERSATION WITH RUDYARD GRIFFITHS

From: The Future of Capitalism

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This reading consists of an interview between journalist Rudyard Griffiths and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks prior to the Munk Debate on the future of capitalism. The topic of the debate is … ; ; ; 10 $1.20 Add
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At the Summit of Global Capitalism

Accommodation, Rivalry, or Confrontation between the US and China

From: The Socialist Register 2022

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Walden Bello examines the growing rivalry between the US and China from the perspective of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Bello provides a judicious assessment of the growing polarizations … 32 $3.20 Add
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Capital and the Left

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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This chapter focuses on the past and future of the feminist movement, divisions in this movement, and the connection between feminism and socialism. 7 $0.70 Add
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Why Speak of the Witch Hunts Again

From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women

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The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading consists of an essay written in the … 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 2: The Response

From: The Killer's Henchman

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The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries … 36 $3.60 Add
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Colonialism

How Unfair Trade Changed the World

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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This chapter provides a short history of colonialism, and describes how the economic benefits of colonialism flowed from the colonized to the colonizers, especially through a process of resource … 10 $1.00 Add
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Conradictions of Capitalism

From: Critical Development Studies: An Introduction

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