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Wear It!

Wear It!

Moving the Fashion Industry Forward

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

This chapter discusses how the fashion industry can move toward more ethical and sustainable choices, including an explanation of how the circular economy can be applied to fashion, using … 11 $1.10 Add
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Web Giants

Web Giants

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter explores solutions for taxing massive online corporations, who have hisotrically proved … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Welcome to Lev, Lemberg, Lwow, Lvov, Lviv . . .

Welcome to Lev, Lemberg, Lwow, Lvov, Lviv . . .

From: Family Ties

This chapter explores how regional Ukrainian nationalism was constructed, and examines stories of family displacement through archival research to clarify contested claims regarding Chrystia Freeland. 17 $1.70 Add
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Welcome to the Anthropocene
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Welcome to the Anthropocene

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

In this chapter, Rand summarizes the challenges facing humanity if it wants to survive the 21st century. He concludes with a letter to his son, giving a vision of a future where climate change is … 20 $2.00 Add
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Well-Being for First Nations

Well-Being for First Nations

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* Measuring What Matters to Community Well-Being * Why a Community Asset Assessment? * Natural Capital Assessment * The Well-Being Community Planning Process * Benefits of a Well-Being-Based … 15 $1.50 Add
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Well-Being Impact Investing

Well-Being Impact Investing

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* Virtuous Financial Leadership * Lintel Capital LLC: Investment for Good * Well-Being Impact Investment Funds * And the Times, They are a-Changin’ 9 $0.90 Add
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We're All Keynesians - Again

We’re All Keynesians – Again

From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts

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Whale Hunting on the New York Thruway

Whale Hunting on the New York Thruway

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter details Pitt’s visits to startup incubators in the United States, and explores several nascent companies with the potential to garner a billion-dollar valuation. 13 $1.30 Add
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What are P3s?

What are P3s?

From: About Canada: Public-Private Partnerships

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What Business Can Learn from Sports about Data (and Vice Versa)
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What Business Can Learn from Sports about Data (and Vice Versa)

From: Shifting the Balance

Readings in part 4 of this text explore the ways in which data-driven decision making are applied to different industries. This chapter explores case studies in the world of professional sports … 20 $2.00 Add
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What do the treaties prohibit?

What do the treaties prohibit?

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

The expansions of the treaties’ vague protections for foreign investors have a corresponding impact on voters who want a government to be able to change its policies, or on taxpayers who … 9 $0.90 Add
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What Do We Need to Do?
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What Do We Need to Do?

From: Runaway Climate

What Do We Need to Do? Personal actions, public health, role of government, fossil fuel subsidies, zero carbon commitments, carbon pricing 17 $1.70 Add
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What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement

What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 24 Emily Coats focuses on Indigenous-led movements in Northern Alberta, discussing climate change, climate injustices, pollution, the Crown and Canadian law, and the UN Declaration on … 12 $1.20 Add
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What Economic Sovereignty Really Means
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What Economic Sovereignty Really Means

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

From Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World: 14 $1.40 Add
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What if it was a judicial process?

What if it was a judicial process?

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

One of the key flaws in investor-state arbitration is that it leads to final decisions about issues of great importance for countries (and foreign investors too), but does not use a judicial … 9 $0.90 Add