Economics
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Preface & IntroductionAn unwitting experiment From: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an unique and personal view on the hold oil companies have on our democratic institutions. He goes on to provide a brief history of … | Kevin Taft | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
From NEW! Preface, Forward |
The preface maintains this book is for people who want to learn about agroecology — about the concepts, themes, key writings, and grassroots struggles from which it has emerged to become an … | Dana James | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From Preface/IntroductionLet’s Make Canada the Great Country It Could Be / For Canada, the American Model is Unsafe at Any Speed From: Canada after Harper |
Finn describes Canada’s state under Harper and the country’s socioeconomic status. Nader describes how excessive corporate power and influence had transformed the United States into … | Ed Finn; Ralph Nader | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
From Resilience: The 21st Century ImperativeFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Humans face profound challenges over the next century – climate change, peak oil, a growth-addicted global financial system, gross inequity. Simply tweaking the way we do things will not be … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 41 | 2012 | $4.10 Add |
From Rise of the Grocery GiantsFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter begins the description of the actions and tactics of "big food". The history of the A&P grocery retalier is described, as well as Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service … | John Steinman | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
From Tectonic ShiftFrom: Shift Change |
This chapter describes Hamilton as it once was: foundries belching iron oxide into the atmosphere, traffic jams driven by shift changes at factories, and workers toiling at all hours of the day … | Stephen Dale | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
From The Customs Act |
Description of the important provisions of the Customs Act governing the basic obligations to report goods to customs, to make due entry of them, and to pay applicable duties and taxes. | Mohan Prabhu | 75 | 2014 | $7.50 Add |
From The Economic CrisisClass Warfare from Reagan to Obama From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
Robert Chernomas | 14 | 2009 | $1.40 Add | |
From NEW! The Journey to Change for GoodIntroduction From: Change for Good |
Paul Klein | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add | |
From The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective |
Thom Workman | 28 | 2005 | $4.48 Add | |
From The ProtagonistsFrom: Frontline Farmers |
This chapter is meant to introduce the farmer members of the National Farmers Union who share their key struggles, gathered together by topic. | Annette Aurélie Desmarais | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
From The Stairs Family: An Overview; Foreword by Peter G.White; Introduction: A Nova Scotia DynastyFrom: Merchant Princes |
Provides an overview of the Stairs family and its history, the preface notes an oddity and missing information from their research which has revealed a mysterious aspect to the Stairs family, the … | James D. Frost | 18 | 2003 | $1.80 Add |
From UnlearningFrom: Decolonizing Academia |
Clelia O. Rodríguez | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add | |
From What are P3s? |
Heather Whiteside | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add | |
From What on Earth is Corporate Power?From: Organizing the 1% |
Corporations and Capitalism | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
From 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. | Chuck Howitt | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |