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Deal, no deal
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Deal, no deal

From: Inside SNC-Lavalin

In this chapter, Stevenson traces SNC-Lavalin’s failed effort to negotiate a plea deal with the Canadian government following the World Bank corruption scandal. 10 $1.00 Add
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Did You Hang Up Your Towel?

Did You Hang Up Your Towel?

From: The Great Greenwashing

From The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You 10 $1.00 Add
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Drugs
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Drugs

Regulatory Capture and the Disabling of Drug Safety at Health Canada

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Michèle Brill-Edwards provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canadian government has quietly disabled the safety system for drugs in Canada. The Food and Drugs Act … 23 $2.30 Add
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Duped and How: A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals

Duped and How: A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Never has there been a greater disparity between what scientists say we should be concerned about and what members of government and the oil and gas industry are doing. In this case study I … 15 $1.50 Add
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Eat what you kill
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Eat what you kill

From: Inside SNC-Lavalin

In this chapter, Stevenson traces how the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and Gaddafi’s subsequent rehabilitation shaped his ties to Libya and to SNC-Lavalin. 11 $1.10 Add
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Economic Democracy and Cooperative Capital

Economic Democracy and Cooperative Capital

From: Resilience Imperative

There are two kinds of freedom: “positive freedom,” which is “freedom to” — freedom to build toward the realization of a “cooperative commonwealth,” and … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Ecosocialism

Ecosocialism

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 5 examines a future guided by ecosocialism. Topics discussed include the transition away from corporate, consumer, and crony capitalism, what makes ecosocialism a good alternative to … 9 $0.90 Add
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Empowering Entrepreneurs
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Empowering Entrepreneurs

From: The Shopify Story

This chapter discusses alternative e-commerce business models and software’s, notably SaaS platforms, which supported entrepreneurship on a large scale. 6 $0.60 Add
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Enclosures of Knowledge and Culture

Enclosures of Knowledge and Culture

From: Think Like a Commoner

Copyright and trademark law — with help from new types of “technological locks” that encrypt DVDs and ebooks — are privatizing more and more of our shared culture so that … 14 $1.40 Add
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Enclosures of Public Spaces and Infrastructure

Enclosures of Public Spaces and Infrastructure

From: Think Like a Commoner

The city is one of the most fiercely contested arenas for market enclosures. Public squares, parks, walkways, sports arenas and the very face and identity of a city are being taken over by a cozy … 10 $1.00 Add
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Energy and Climate
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Energy and Climate

Capturing the Imagination of Canada’s Climate Policy

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Jason MacLean argues that the key barrier to addressing climate change in Canada is not a deficit of scientific understanding or our technological capacity, but instead politics. … 18 $1.80 Add
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Engineers for Hire

Engineers for Hire

From: BlackBerry Town

Discusses the early staff additions at Research in Motion, most notably the addition of Jim Balsillie. Reviews the development of RIM during the late 1980s and early 1990s. 9 $0.90 Add