Economics

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Unleashing Philanthropy

Unleashing Philanthropy

From: Clean Money Revolution

Giving away money is an under-realized subset of clean money. The world needs to unleash the charitable sector in solving big problems. Foundations are monumentally important in this. They hold … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Unsustainable

Unsustainable

From: Fixing Fashion

Unsustainable begins with a case study of water pollution from a textile mill in China, owned by a Hong Kong company. Then it considers sustainable trade and programs like the Better Cotton … 32 $3.20 Add
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Updating the Model

Updating the Model

From: Human Development

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Urban Land Values
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Urban Land Values

Section 1: The Economist’s City

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 3 examines urban land value, discussing topics including land value, the choice between urban, suburban or rural, types of buildings such as office towers, apartment buildings, rental … 10 $1.00 Add
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Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining
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Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining

From: Testimonio

Essays in this section: Reclaiming Democracy, Realizing Self-Determination: Consultas as a Tool to Defend Human Rights and the Environment in Guatemala’s Genocidal Shadow – … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Valorization Crisis and the Path to Global Depression

Valorization Crisis and the Path to Global Depression

From: Twilight Capitalism

This chapter explores the processes of financialization, the disconnect between the "real" and "ficticious" economies, and the Great Recession of 2008. The authors suggest … ; ; 38 $3.80 Add
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Vax and spend
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Vax and spend

Trudeau's income support programs before and after the pandemic

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter evaluates the Trudeau government’s social spending policies, particularly income support programs before and after the pandemic. 15 $1.50 Add
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Venezuela under Chavez: The Dialectics of Twenty First-Century Socialism

Venezuela under Chavez: The Dialectics of Twenty First-Century Socialism

From: 21st Century Socialism

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Versailles

Versailles

Peace or Armistice?

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

On June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination in Sarajevo, the signing of the Peace Treaty of Versailles officially terminates the Great War. In reality, this treaty merely … 6 $0.60 Add
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Via Fascism to a Second World War, 1918-1945

Via Fascism to a Second World War, 1918-1945

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

The European elite, henceforth dominated by the industrial and financial bourgeoisie, is frustrated by the counterproductive outcome of the Great War. After 1918 it seeks again to exorcise the … 27 $2.70 Add
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Victor Gao in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

Victor Gao in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

June 10, 2020

From: The World After Covid

Victor Gao and Rudyard Griffiths discuss the effects of Covid on China, rising global tensions, his advice for Canada, and Chinese politics, economy, and reforms. 10 $1.00 Add
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Voices from the Past--Economic Growth and its Critics

Voices from the Past–Economic Growth and its Critics

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the author takes the reader through major economic thinkers of the past, and their unique conceptualizations of growth. 24 $2.40 Add
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Voices in Search of a Conversation

Voices in Search of a Conversation

An Unfinished Project

From: Canadian Studies

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Walmart on wheels

Walmart on wheels

Labour and unions

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Chapter nine of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? examines the labour and union aspects of the three revolutions in automobility as well as of public transit, and finds that carpooling apps in … 18 $1.80 Add
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War = Profits

War = Profits

From: Big Business and Hitler

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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Warning Signs

Warning Signs

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt asseses Research in Motion as its success is threatened by rival companies – most notably Apple’s iPhone. 16 $1.60 Add