Economics
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From  NEW! The Consequences of Being Information PoorFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 2 of this text explore what it takes to be a data-driven organization that relies on facts and doesn’t make decisions based on instinct. This chapter discusses what can … | Mark Schrutt | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Construction IndustryCapture, Corruption and Collusion in the Construction Industry From: Corporate Rules |
In this chapter, Anaïs Valiquette L’Heureux describes the ethical risks posed by large local and state infrastructure contracts and subsidy programs that involve the construction … | Anaïs Valiquette L’Heureux | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the WageFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter examines the history of our current understanding of "domestic work/women’s labour" and the effects of this relatively recent construction on women. | Silvia Federici | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
 NEW! The Consulting TrapHow Professional Service Firms Hook Governments & Undermine Democracy |
The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making, public accountability and … | 204 | View | ||
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From  The Consumer in a Changing Food SystemFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, … | Gary S. Kleppel | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Contemporary PhysicianFrom: The Doctors We Need |
In this chapter, Sanfilippo traces the transformation of the family physician’s role in Canada from the mid-twentieth century to the present, using the contrasting stories of Maria and … | Anthony Sanfilippo | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Corporation vs. NatureFrom: The Big Stall |
Discusses an alternative approach to dealing with climate change: abandon neo-liberal measures and shift to a zero growth economy with redistribution of existing wealth. Action requires … | Donald Gutstein | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The Cost of PovertyFrom: About Canada: Poverty |
Jim Silver | 26 | 2014 | $2.34 Add | |
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From  The Councils and Collective Life: Expansion, Repression, AssimilationFrom: For Land and Culture |
In this chapter, Vahabzadeh traces the Turkmen peasants’ council movement in Iran’s Plains of Turkmen during 1979 and 1980. | Peyman Vahabzadeh | 54 | 2024 | $5.40 Add |
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From  The Covid-19 Pandemic |
In this chapter, Cowan traces how the 2020 and 2021 pandemic reshaped governance, medicine, and public trust across liberal democracies. | John Scott Cowan | 41 | 2023 | $4.10 Add |
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From  The Craftworkers’ Challenge |
We meet the first movement of organized craftworkers beginning to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century in response to the new capitalist organization of work and labour markets. By the end of … | Craig Heron | 27 | 2012 | $2.70 Add |
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From  The "Creative Class" Creates a Global Urban ClashFrom: Shift Change |
In this chapter, the author examines the relationship between Hamilton and Toronto, and how these two once-divided cities are now closely intertwined. The chapter also explores gentrification in … | Stephen Dale | 53 | 2021 | $5.30 Add |
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From  The Crisis of CommunityFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
The Decline of Social Capital The End of Authenticity Shadowland Reciprocity and Restoration The Meaning of Work | John Restakis | 25 | 2010 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Crisis of US Labour, Past and Present |
Samir Sonti explores the long decline of organized labour since its heyday in the mid-twentieth century. Sonti explores the challenge of rebuilding the American union movement in the post-Trump … | Samir Sonti | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The Current CrisisFrom: The Tangled Garden |
Documents Canada’s cultural policies as they stand today. Specifically focusing on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government and Melanie Joly’s tenure as Canada’s minister for … | Richard Stursberg | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From  NEW! “The current system is not working”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the political fallout from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s December 28, 1975, CTV interview, in which he challenged the free-market system’s handling … | Ron Graham | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
