Economic Structures & Regional Economies
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From  A Cambrian ExplosionFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter explores the chain reactions that were started in the Maritimes by the sale of Radian6 and Q1 Labs. | Gordon Pitts | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! A Running SoreFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on urban planning in Halifax-Dartmouth. He reports panelist Ed … | Robert Ashe | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From Angels and AnglesFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts recounts the founding of Q1 Labs in 2001, its business agreement with UNB, and the nascent company’s relationship with the dean of the faculty of computer science. It … | Gordon Pitts | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Canadian Capital’s Global Reach in the Twenty-First Century |
In this chapter, Palmer discusses how Canadian corporate capital invested in foreign countries, often in resource extraction and low-wage industries. He includes examples of Canadian mining … | Bryan D. Palmer | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Cautious OilFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Six of Halifx’ 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on offshore oil prospects for Nova Scotia and transportation issues. … | Robert Ashe | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Cities and Nation-StatesSection 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 6 explores the political and economic environments cities have to compete within their larger political structures, such as nation-states, federations, or confederations. It explores … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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NEW! Cities MatterA Montrealer’s Ode to Jane Jacobs, Economist |
Why do cities exist? Can’t we find better ways of organizing life on earth? With the climate crisis and other environmental issues, are cities part of the problem? Or can they help solve … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 152 | 2022 | View |
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From NEW! City InstabilitiesSection 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 5 examines the weaknesses of cities. The chapter focuses on exploring the built-in instabilities of cities such as congestion, pollution, crime, labour reducing process innovations, … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! ConclusionFrom: Cities Matter |
The conclusion reflects on COVID-19’s impact on cities, urban anxiety, healthy cities, and what kind of society we want to live in. | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From Congratulations, You’re Fired!From: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts examines the new American CEO of Q1 Labs, Shaun McConnon. | Gordon Pitts | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Crises and Canada Remade, 2000–25: The Challenge of the Present |
In this short overview chapter focusing on the period of 2000-2025, Palmer discusses the dominant market-oriented neoliberal policies of the period. | Bryan D. Palmer | 4 | 2026 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Crisis Capitalism and the Political Economy of Instability: Canada’s Downward Slide, 2000–25 |
An overview of the Canadian economy’s development in the period 2000-2025. | Bryan D. Palmer | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Crisis Capitalism in 2025: A Balance Sheet |
In this concluding chapter of his three-volume history, Palmer concludes that recurring financial crises are a signature feature of postwar capitalism. Capitalism has yielded deep and growing … | Bryan D. Palmer | 15 | 2026 | $1.50 Add |
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From Cyber Cyber EverywhereFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitt explores the career of Steve Lund, the key driver behind CyberNB, an agency designed to leverage New Brunswick’s homegrown expertise. | Gordon Pitts | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Deep Democracy in KeralaFrom: Civilizing the State |
Deep Democracy in Kerala looks at the history of the Indian state of Kerala and how it has become a model of alternatives to economic growth. | John Restakis | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Deindustrialization in Hard Times: Dismantling Canadian Workplaces, 2000–25 |
In this chapter, Palmer describes the steady deindustrialization of the Canadian economy with many specific examples in the 2000-2025 period. | Bryan D. Palmer | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
