Economics

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era Creating Co-operative Economics Fernwood Publishing	Featuring a remarkable roster of internationally renowned critical thinkers, this book presents a feasible alternative for a more environmentally sustainable and equitable economic system. The …	Sonja Novkovic; Tom Webb	320	2014	View
NEW! Corporate Rules The Real World of Business Regulation in Canada James Lorimer and Company	This book offers documentation for the first time of how corporations have captured Canadian government agencies set up to protect the public. Twenty-one authors, experts in their fields, …	Bruce Campbell	328	2022	View
Curing Affluenza How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World Between The Lines	Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw …	Richard Denniss	288	2018	View
Decolonizing Academia Poverty, Oppression, and Pain Fernwood Publishing	Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the …	Clelia O. Rodríguez	148	2019	View
Degrees of Failure University Education in Decline Between The Lines	In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show …	Randle W. Nelsen	152	2017	View
Doctors in Denial Why Big Pharma and the Canadian Medical Profession are Too Close for Comfort James Lorimer and Company	Examines the relationship between the Canadian medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, and explains how doctors have become dependents of the drug companies instead of champions of …	Joel Lexchin MD	344	2017	View
Dry Run Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis New Society Publishers	In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for …	Jerry Yudelson	312	2010	View
NEW! Earth for All A Survival Guide for Humanity New Society Publishers	Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	218	2022	View
Equal as Citizens The tumultuous and troubled history of a great Canadian idea Formac Publishing	No matter where they live, Canadians expect and receive equal benefits from their government when it comes to old age pensions, consular services when travelling abroad, and airline safety. …	Richard Starr	312	2014	View
Experiencing Difference Fernwood Publishing	Difference is a fundamental aspect of our human existence. This anthology emerges from the editor’s attempts to navigate the complex, variable and unpredictable materiality of difference. …	Carl E. James	333	2012	View
Fight or Submit Standing Tall in Two Worlds ECW Press	In the opening to his memoir, Grand Chief Ron Derrickson says his “story is not a litany of complaints but a list of battles” that he has fought. And he promises he will not be overly …	Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson	285	2020	View
NEW! Financial Skills for Professionals Irwin Law Inc.	It is important for professionals and lawyers in commercial, corporate, family, estate, civil litigation, and criminal practices to understand the rudimentary concepts of accounting and financial …	Vern Krishna	548	2020	View
Five Good Ideas Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success Coach House Books	Non-profits are big business. According to a recent Johns Hopkins report, third-sector institutions in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Japan, the U. S. and Canada have been growing at an average …	Alan Broadbent; Ratna Omidvar	265	2011	View
Fixing Fashion Remaking the Way We Make, Market, and Buy Our Clothes New Society Publishers	With sales of more than US $500 billion a year, the fashion industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy, employing millions of men, women, and often children in the …	Michael Lavergne	242	2015	View
Fostering Sustainable Behavior An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing (Third Edition) New Society Publishers	We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet’s ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	184	2011	View
Free, Fair and Alive The Insurgent Power of the Commons New Society Publishers	From co-housing and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to ‘commoning’ to emancipate themselves from a predatory …	David Bollier	448	2019	View