Economics
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From ![]() NEW! The Arrival of AgricultureFrom: Humans |
This chapter looks at the advent of agricultural societies and sedentary lifestyles, it inspects what effect these developments had on the egalitarian values of their foraging ancestors … | Alvin Finkel | 36 | 2024 | $3.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Auto Revolution Begins: Invention and IndustryFrom: Car Nation Canada |
A history of the auto industry in Canada from 1900 to the 1920s. Includes details of early manufacturers and makes of vehicles, including many photos and illustrations, and a description of the … | Dimitry Anastakis | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() The autonomous ruptureFrom: SOS |
Chapter 9 focuses on the emergence of more autonomous leftism, discussing topics like the 1960s New Left, the Red Brigades, co-operative alternatives, politics and anti-politics, and what is to … | Richard Swift | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Backlash BeginsFrom: Equal as Citizens |
1970s. October Crisis of 1970 challenges the social services being developed and an economic downturn occurs, leading to the rise of neo-conservativism, arguments against equalization | Richard Starr | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Backward CitySection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 12 focuses on cities dubbed “backward,” calling them a category of Backward Cities and exploring how they can evolve into a more forward economy. This chapter discusses topics … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Balance Sheet |
Looks at the major and most common business balance sheets and the common characteristics and principles they share. Assets, liabilities and equity are specifically discussed. | Vern Krishna | 55 | 2013 | $5.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Ballot QuestionFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 31 | 2014 | $3.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Baseline for Data-driven Decision-makingFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 3 of this text explore how data-driven organizations share core values and how businesses can build connections with their data. This chapter discusses how successful … | Mark Schrutt | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Battle Between Data and IntuitionFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. This chapter discusses the two conflicting approaches … | Mark Schrutt | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Battle for Toronto CentreFrom: Chrystia |
From Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill | Catherine Tsalikis | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Better Part of ValourFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1970 essay by John W. Holmes on the impact of nationalism on Canadian foreign policy. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Big LieWhy and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate From: Damming the Peace |
Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam … | Joan Sawicki | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() The Big ShiftFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses the urgent need to shift from carbon intensive activities in three sectors: energy (bitumen to be declared a "sunset" industry), transportation (to shift from private internal … | Tony Clarke | 37 | 2018 | $3.70 Add |
![]() The Big StallHow big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada |
This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil … | 304 | View | ||
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From ![]() The Biggest Roll-Back of Worker Rights in Canadian HistoryFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 21 | 2012 | $3.15 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Bitter Fruits of Crisis Capitalism: The Gig Economy and Homelessness, 2000–25 |
In this chapter, Palmer discusses how the gig economy emerged, impact on workers’ incomes, the emergence of homelessness across Canada in the period, and the rising cost of housing— all … | Bryan D. Palmer | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |


















