Economics

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
From Fixing the Leaks From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do! View Collection: Income Inequality in Canada: In Search of a Fairer Future James Lorimer and Company	In Chapter 7, I look at a broader range of tax reform proposals to address the major sources of the tax shortfall.	Brigitte Alepin	21	2012	$2.10 Add
From Food Co-ops and the Local Economy From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" …	John Steinman	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market …	John Steinman	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From Footprints for Change An Indigenous Entrepreneur Weaves Traditional Teachings into His Fair Trade Coffee Business From: The Fair Trade Handbook View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter concerns Birch Bark Coffee, a fair trade coffee business begun by Mark Marsolais-Nahwegahbow, an Ojibwe man. For every 100 coffee bags sold in retail stores and for every 50 bags …	Sarah Niman	10	2021	$1.00 Add
For Land and Culture The Grassroots Council Movement of Turkmens in Iran, 1979-1980 Fernwood Publishing	For Land and Culture offers the first comprehensive account of a long forgotten and neglected grassroots movement. In the wake of Iran’s 1979 revolution, Turkmen peasants collectively …	Peyman Vahabzadeh	272	2024	View
From For-profit arbitrators instead of judges From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	all of the decisions of investor-state arbitrators are open to doubt because of the absence of judicial safeguards: secure tenure, a set salary, an objective method of case assignment, and so on. …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Foraging Societies From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author examines early hunter-gatherer societies, first looking at Sapiens, Neanderthals and then various peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. He finds …	Alvin Finkel	31	2024	$3.10 Add
From NEW! Forces at Work From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Readings in part 2 of this text explore what it takes to be a data-driven organization that relies on facts and doesn’t make decisions based on instinct. Topics covered in this chapter …	Mark Schrutt	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Foreign-Investor Protections in the TPP From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada View James Lorimer and Company	analyzes one of the most contentious features of the TPP and similar agreements going back to NAFTA. The investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism gives foreign investors the right …	Gus Van Harten	16	2016	$1.60 Add
From Foreward The Great War in Dali-Vision From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	Introduction to the concept of Dali-vision and how you have to remove yourself to examine the situation. Brief overview of how the author will tackle the Great War from a class percpective by …	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2016	$1.40 Add
From Foreward and Introduction Keeping the Spark Alive From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History View James Lorimer and Company	Sets up the ideas behind the book and why it is important. Outlines a bit about Canadian Dimension in that it is a intellectual left megazine and thoughts on why it has remained in circulation	Cy Gonick; Mel Watkins	10	2016	$1.00 Add
From Foreward, Prefaces and Introduction From: Clean Money Revolution View New Society Publishers	The world of money, finance, and investment is ripe for major reform and reinvention. We’re seeing more and more clean food, clean energy, and clean buildings. Now clean money is also on …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	22	2017	$2.20 Add
From Foreword From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins View James Lorimer and Company	Foreward by Jean Chrétien about the author’s background and the importance of this book	David C. Dingwall	4	2016	$0.40 Add
From Foreword From: Five Good Ideas View Coach House Books	Discussion on non-profits by Craig Kielburger.	Craig Kielburger	4	2011	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Foreword From: Canadian Competition Law & Policy View Irwin Law Inc.		John S. Tyhurst	2	2021	$0.20 Add