Economics

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War = Profits

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines how World War II (1939-1945) meant profits for American business both in America and Germany. 11 $1.10 Add
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Work and Change in Atlantic Canada

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

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Examines Atlantic Canada. A key theme in all of the articles is working-class life in a resource based economy 6 $0.60 Add
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An example of regulatory chill

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

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Opponents of investor-state arbitration have long warned that it may lead to so-called “regulatory chill,” by creating financial risks for countries that deter responsible regulation … 10 $1.00 Add
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An Historical Frame for Current Activism

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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If we want to come home to the Earth, reviving our sense of connection to it, we must first come home to ourselves, healing our relationship with ourselves, and those around us. 9 $0.90 Add
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Blueprint for Data-driven Organizations

From: Shifting the Balance

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Readings in part 4 of this text explore the ways in which data-driven decision making are applied to different industries 25 $2.50 Add
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Changing the Frame

From: Equal as Citizens

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Outlines the need for the framework of equalization to change. Goes through shifts in provincial power that occurred in 2012, outlines a building up of energy to discuss changing equalization … 19 $1.90 Add
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Financial Literacy in Canada

From: The Canadian Investor

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This chapter explores the importance of financial literacy in Canada and the resources available to Canadians in that regard. 8 $0.80 Add
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Investment and Retirement Planning

From: Financial Skills for Professionals

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Topics discussed in this chapter include why you should plan for retirement, basic concepts of retirement planning, the role of income tax, statutory tax shelters, and investment income. 44 $4.40 Add
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New Era in Westbank

From: Fight or Submit

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Demanding Justice

Can Trade Policy Be Fair?

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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This chapter articulates the challenge for fair traders: to create a vision for how the principles of fair trade — democracy, justice, dignity, human rights, a living income and … 10 $1.00 Add
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Fiscal Management and Parliamentary Democracy

From: Canada after Harper

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Kevin Page lists the many ways good government in Canada has been eroded, notably by the federal government’s usurpation of financial budgetary control, which should properly be exercised … 12 $1.20 Add
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Gulf Coast Resistance and the Southern Leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 17 the authors examine the scope and breadth of resistance across the Gulf Region of the United States, including the Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Tar Sands Blockade, … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Helpful Bankers and Secret Agents

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels provides an examination of how Germany respected the rules of international capitalism for any enemy holdings in Germany from 1942-1945. 9 $0.90 Add
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In the Middle of the Atlantic

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter explores "the next big one," the hoped-for startup that will generate economic activity in the Maritimes. 9 $0.90 Add
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Late-Stage Capitalism, Anxiety and Taxtical Art Terrorism

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

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Art Terrorism and Affective Liberation – Cognitive Bias: “Information” and (in)Action – Regions of Consciousness: Visceral Fields of Affect and Action 11 $1.10 Add
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Militaria 1915

The Great Offensives

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

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In 1915, the French and British launch a number of large-scale offensives on the western front, hoping to pierce the German lines and thus to win the war. But in trench warfare the defenders, … 12 $1.20 Add