Economics

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From the Ashes of Nortel

From the Ashes of Nortel

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter recounts the bankrupcy of Nortel, and describes how one former Nortel employee took up a leadership role at UNB’s Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship. 13 $1.30 Add
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From the Dolomites to the Dardanelles

From the Dolomites to the Dardanelles

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

In 1915, countless allied lives, mainly Australian and New Zealander, are wasted in a vain attempt to advance toward Istanbul via the Gallipoli Peninsula and thus to knock the Ottoman Empire out … 18 $1.80 Add
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From the Fur Trade to Big Oil

From the Fur Trade to Big Oil

From: Organizing the 1%

The Making of Corporate Power ; 31 $3.10 Add
From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization

From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization

On Karl Polanyi and Other Essays

Four years into the unfolding of the most serious economic crisis since the 1930s, Karl Polanyi’s prediction of the fateful consequences of unleashing the destructive power of unregulated … 294 View
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From the Quiet Revolution to the First Sovereignty Referendum

From the Quiet Revolution to the First Sovereignty Referendum

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

1963-1980. Looks at the dramatic social change in francophone Quebec and the Quiet Revolution as a society-wide movement that imbraced Trade Unions, the women’s movement, and even the … 33 $3.30 Add
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From the Second World War to Cold War and Post-Colonialism, 1939–1980
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From the Second World War to Cold War and Post-Colonialism, 1939–1980

From: Humans

This chapter discusses how, as the supremacy of European imperialism was replaced by the imperial power of the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII, popular resistance in the form of … 45 $4.50 Add
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From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 27, Greg Albo and Lilian Yap discuss the ecological and social implications climate change has—or should have— in becoming a central parameter for all discussions of work … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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From Welfare State to Partner State
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From Welfare State to Partner State

From: Civilizing the State

From Welfare State to Partner State delves into imagining a new form of civil society and governance that involves democratization and empowerment, which has been called the Partner State. 17 $1.70 Add
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Fundamental Financial Concepts

Fundamental Financial Concepts

From: Understanding Financial Statements

Outlines fundamental financial concepts, focusing on money measurement, annual reporting, time and allocation, conservatism, revenue recognition, misconceptions about accounting, the time value … 33 $3.30 Add
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Fundamentals

Fundamentals

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

the fundamental competencies that a negotiator must possess broken down into: Planning, Expertise, Preparation, Alternatives, Patience, and Attention to Detail 35 $3.50 Add
Future on Fire
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Future on Fire

Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change

Climate change is already affecting millions of people. Governments talk about taking action to limit global heating to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but the greenhouse gas … 128 View
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Game Changers

Game Changers

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

Qualities and emphases that have a significant impact on the outcome of negotiations and set certain negotiators apart broken down into Behaviour and Attitude; Authenticity, Integrity and Trust; … 35 $3.50 Add
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Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land

Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Alliances are being formed, facilitating scale-up. New food assembly and distribution hubs are being created for farmers producing on a larger scale but still using more responsible … 10 $1.00 Add
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Gender and Reproduction in Marx's Capital

Gender and Reproduction in Marx’s Capital

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

This chapter explores gender, feminism, and Marxism. 19 $1.90 Add