Economics
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From  Fundamental Financial Concepts |
Outlines fundamental financial concepts, focusing on money measurement, annual reporting, time and allocation, conservatism, revenue recognition, misconceptions about accounting, the time value … | Vern Krishna | 33 | 2013 | $3.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Give Hope a ChanceFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter One, Barlow stresses how– as we come out of a global pandemic and face many more crises on the horizon– we need to remain hopeful. In this chapter Barlow argues for staying … | Maude Barlow | 42 | 2022 | $4.20 Add |
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From  Growing Up Different On Being More than One/Less than OneExploring Twin-ness From: Experiencing Difference |
Kathryn Alexander | 19 | 2012 | $2.09 Add | |
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From  Homelessness and the Welfare StateThe Welfare State in Historical Perspective From: Someone To Talk To |
Tom C. Allen | 16 | 2000 | $1.60 Add | |
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From  Inequalities in HealthFrom: Health and Wealth |
An overview of the health of the Canadian population in the late 1990s, and the impact on health of income, education, poverty, race, housing conditions, and unemployment. Aboriginal health … | Monica Townson | 56 | 1999 | $5.60 Add |
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From  Inequality, The Profit System and Global CrisisFrom: Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
David McNally | 14 | 2009 | $1.40 Add | |
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From  NEW! Interregnum and the Birth of Neoliberalism |
This chapter outlines the origins of neoliberalism and the key ideas of this philosophy as well as tracing its resurgence beginning in the 1980s after decades of disfavour. | Alex Himelfarb | 36 | 2024 | $3.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Introducing Agroecology and Food Systems Transitions |
This chapter outlines the critical food supply issues associated with Covid-19 that made headlines daily across the globe and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the modern food system. The … | Dana James | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Damming the Peace |
In the Introduction, author Wendy Holm describes the Site C dam project in B.C. and summarizes the impacts and effects of the project which are analyzed and critiqued in other chapters of the … | Wendy Holm | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction |
Introduction | Tom Rand | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction |
In the Introduction, author Cynthia Kaufman explains the premise of the book as a helpful guide to anyone wanting to understand the landscape of climate action, specifically those seeking … | Cynthia Kaufman | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! IntroductionFrom: Mutual Aid |
In the Introduction, David Graeber and Andrej Grubačić examines the history of theories on social evolution, political theology, and the impact of Peter Kropotkin’s Mutal Aid had … | Andrej Grubačić; David Graeber | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  IntroductionA sad and beautiful world in peril From: SOS |
The introduction states that the purpose of this book is to tease out what genuine alternatives to capitalism might look like, discussing the history of capitalism, questions of modernity, … | Richard Swift | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Fixing Fashion |
The introduction begins with a look at the author’s early career in the fashion industry, particularly, the international sourcing of Hanes brand clothing. The author introduces some key … | Michael Lavergne | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction |
In the book’s introduction, the authors suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the failure of free-market fundamentalism. They believe that livable basic income would enhance freedom … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  IntroductionConfronting Existential Threats, Then and Now From: A Good War |
In Chapter 1, Klein lays out the methodology of his thesis as he uses the history of Canada’s rapid and successful mobilization efforts in the Second World War as a road map to guide … | Seth Klein | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
