Economics

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Tax Cuts

Tax Cuts

Part of the Problem, Not the Solution

From: Canada after Harper

Trish Hennessy relates how the obsession with tax cuts promoted by neoliberal governments has served as a convenient excuse for slashing social programs. 15 $1.50 Add
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Taxing Individual Wealth

Taxing Individual Wealth

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter explores methods for taxing individual wealth, including examples of countries where this … ; 16 $1.60 Add
Techno-Fix

Techno-Fix

Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment

Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known … ; 464 View
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Technology and Localization: Trends at Play

Technology and Localization: Trends at Play

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building. 9 $0.90 Add
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Tectonic Shift

Tectonic Shift

From: Shift Change

This chapter describes Hamilton as it once was: foundries belching iron oxide into the atmosphere, traffic jams driven by shift changes at factories, and workers toiling at all hours of the day … 25 $2.50 Add
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Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

From: Dry Run

In this chapter, I propose a 10-step program of measures that water activists can unite behind, from the immediately possible to long-term fixes that will depend on the water issues in a specific … 20 $2.00 Add
Testimonio
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Testimonio

Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala

What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, … ; 268 View
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The $100 Trillion Question

The $100 Trillion Question

From: Clean Money Revolution

There are competing trends. Decay and chaos on one hand, integration and regeneration on the other. As $100 trillion changes hands in the next twenty years, the question is, which future wins? … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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The Africville Experience: Lessons for the Future
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The Africville Experience: Lessons for the Future

From: The Spirit of Africville

In this chapter, Stephen Kimber describes the resilience of former Africville residents and how the community fought to stay connected after relocation by organizing Africville reunions. He also … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Age of Crisis
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The Age of Crisis

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times

From Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times: How Canada can strengthen our sovereignty and address the American challenge, inequality and the climate crisis 22 $2.20 Add
The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1%

For 35 years, Canada has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. It proposes meaningful steps … 248 View
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The Age of the Open Brand

The Age of the Open Brand

From: Spin

From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age 33 $3.30 Add
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The Allende of the North
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The Allende of the North

From: The Fire and the Ashes

This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent … 8 $0.80 Add
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The American Power Elite and Fascism

The American Power Elite and Fascism

From: The Myth of the Good War

Analyzes how before and even after the outbreak of war in Europe Hitler and his National Socialism, and fascism in general, enjoyed a disproportionate amount of sympathy within the ranks of the … 16 $1.60 Add
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The anarchist impulse

The anarchist impulse

From: SOS

Chapter 4 examines the theory of anarchy, discussing authority, self-government, organised anarchist movement during the 1848 Revolts across Europe, the commune, titles to libertarianism, and the … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Anthropocene and Us

The Anthropocene and Us

Grounds for the Augmented Left

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

Untenable Futures: From Ecomodernism to Green Social Democracy – Embracing a Contingent Future 12 $1.20 Add