Economics

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Who Stays Healthy? Who Gets Sick?
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Who Stays Healthy? Who Gets Sick?

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter One discusses the relationship of public policy decisions and socio-economic inequality in Canada to health outcomes, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations. 30 $3.00 Add
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Who Wants To Be Connected All the Time?

Who Wants To Be Connected All the Time?

From: BlackBerry Town

Chuck Howitt details the early days of Mike Lazaridis’s career, including his time at the University of Waterloo and his budding relationship with Professor Mohamed Elmasry. 7 $0.70 Add
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Why Are P3s?

Why Are P3s?

From: About Canada: Public-Private Partnerships

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Why Dad Cried When I Went to Work at “Chrysler's”

Why Dad Cried When I Went to Work at “Chrysler’s”

From: Experiencing Difference

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Why Do Economic Inequalities Matter?

Why Do Economic Inequalities Matter?

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

Faster economic growth is not a feasible solution for Canada’s problem of increasing inequality. But although technological change will create new problems of job destruction, it also … 20 $2.00 Add
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Why do economic inequalities matter?
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Why do economic inequalities matter?

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author asks why economic inequality matters in early twenty-first-century Canada. 21 $2.10 Add
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Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?

Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

In the introductory chapter, the editors describe the genesis of the book, its goals, and its structure. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the Iceberg

Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the Iceberg

From: Damming the Peace

David Schindler, one of the world’s foremost water ecologists, explains the role of major dams, like Site C in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, in Canada’s climate change strategy. He … 11 $1.10 Add
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Will Capitalists Save Us? What about Governments?
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Will Capitalists Save Us? What about Governments?

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 2 considered who we should look to for guidance in fighting climate change and how we can not leave it in the hands of the market. Topics discussed include the media industries … 11 $1.10 Add
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Will the TPP be Good for Canadian Trade?

Will the TPP be Good for Canadian Trade?

From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

Claims the TPP will generate significant trade benefits for Canada are unfounded. Canada already has tariff-free access to most of the TPP region. 24 $2.40 Add
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Will We Share the Wealth

Will We Share the Wealth

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 3 of this title explore the disticition between income inequality and wealth inequaltiy and methods for building shared wealth for Canadians. ; 7 $0.70 Add
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women

Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women

We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts, which have occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In … 121 View
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With Friends Like These …

With Friends Like These …

From: Equal as Citizens

1890s-1914. Differences between provinces are explored. Maritimes want a cut of the taxes. Takes economics and taxation into account in the analysis 14 $1.40 Add
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With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power

With Philosophy, Psychology, and Terror: Transforming Bodies into Labor Power

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the effects of the capitalist system on the conception of the body. She discusses how capitalist systems reduce the body to a base unit … 14 $1.40 Add
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Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota

Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota

“On the reservation, you have the beauty of the culture and our traditional knowledge contrasted with the reality of poverty.”

From: How We Go Home

Wizipan Little Elk, who is Rosebud Lakota, tells his story. He is the Executive Director of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, where he manages development projects to create jobs for … 22 $2.20 Add
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Women and Basic Income

Women and Basic Income

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter specifically investigates the impact that basic income has on women. 19 $1.90 Add