Co-operatives
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Grocery StoryThe Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Store Giants |
Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner plates, the most … | John Steinman | 306 | 2019 | View |
 Humanizing the EconomyCo-operatives in the Age of Capital |
At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic … | John Restakis | 305 | 2010 | View |
 Resilience ImperativeCooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy |
We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 400 | 2012 | View |
 Think Like a CommonerA Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons |
The biggest "tragedy of the commons" is the misconception that commons are failures – relics from another era rendered unnecessary by the Market and State. Think Like a Commoner … | David Bollier | 211 | 2014 | View |
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From IntroductionFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
It is a story about how a revolution in human society that began with the rise of democracy in politics continues to unfold as the democratic idea struggles to find its place in the world of … | John Restakis | 7 | 2010 | $0.70 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
The point of this book is to gently dispel such prejudices and provide a short introduction to the commons. After encountering so much confusion about the commons over the years — and … | David Bollier | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From Rise of the Grocery GiantsFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter begins the description of the actions and tactics of "big food". The history of the A&P grocery retalier is described, as well as Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service … | John Steinman | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From Retailer Market PowerFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes retailer market power– current and historical– in the United States, as well as efforts to contain this power. The 1980s and the US Regan administration’s … | John Steinman | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Grand DelusionFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
Homo Economicus Industrialization and Social Defence | John Restakis | 24 | 2010 | $2.40 Add |
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From The Rediscovery of the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
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 … | David Bollier | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our FoodFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market … | John Steinman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Materialization of DreamsFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
The Age of Revolt Rochdale A Brief History of Nowhere Co-operativism and Socialism Socializing Capital Stages of Co-operation | John Restakis | 31 | 2010 | $3.10 Add |
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From The Tyranny of the “Tragedy” MythFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
For at least a generation, the very idea of the commons has been marginalized and dismissed as a misguided way to manage esources: the so-called tragedy of the commons. Over the past several … | David Bollier | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From Co-Operation Italian StyleFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
The Fascist Repression Renaissance of the Italian Co-operatives | John Restakis | 20 | 2010 | $2.00 Add |
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From Enclosure and the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
What happens when markets become so powerful that they disrupt natural ecosystems, reorder how people conduct their lives and claim ownership of life-forms? It is sometimes difficult to step … | David Bollier | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From Grocery StoresThe Food System’s Control Center From: Grocery Story |
The anti-competetive business as usual practiced by Canada’s grocery giants and the testing of the boundaries of the law is described. Lost in this regime is flavour, genetic diversity, and … | John Steinman | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
