Economics

Showing 897–912 of 2077 results

Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! How the Past is Before Us: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Pipeline Protests, 2014–25 From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Palmer examines how capitalism and colonialism continue to shape economic policies in Canada across the provinces, paying particular attention to the continued failure to …	Bryan D. Palmer	25	2026	$2.50 Add
From How to Spot Greenwashing From: The Great Greenwashing View House of Anansi Press	From The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You	John Pabon	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From How to Think About the Future From: Escape from Overshoot View New Society Publishers	In this chapter the author explores ways of thinking about the future, and how they have changed over time.	Peter Victor A.	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Hub Cities and Transport Costs Section 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 2 explores transportation networks and hub cities, discussing topics including networks, ‘Transport Cost’ theory, and more.	Charles-Albert Ramsay	6	2022	$0.60 Add
Human Development Lessons from the Cuban Revolution Fernwood Publishing	Capitalism is a system in crisis. In the context of an urgent need for an alternative system, Cuba provides valuable lessons. The Cuban Revolution’s unique features have allowed it to …	Henry Veltmeyer	135	2014	View
From Human Moles in the "Lovely Land of War" From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	Except in its opening and closing stages, the Great War is a “stationary war,” to be associated forever with concepts such as trenches, no man’s land, and barbed wire — …	Jacques R. Pauwels	33	2016	$3.30 Add
Humanizing the Economy Co-operatives in the Age of Capital	At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic …		305		View
From Humanizing the Economy Co-operatives in the Age of Capital From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	The Future of an Idea Happiness Matters Commons Sense Japan’s Fishing Co-operatives Ozone Globalizing Localism	John Restakis	29	2010	$2.90 Add
NEW! Humans The 300,000-Year Struggle for Equality James Lorimer and Company	Historian Alvin Finkel builds on the work of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present the very long view of the history of the human species. His focus is not on the leaders …		416		View
NEW! I Want a Better Catastrophe Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor	An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers WITH GLOBAL WARMING projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown …		422		View
From NEW! Identity Crisis The Politics of False Concreteness From: The Socialist Register 2022 View Fernwood Publishing	Samir Gandesha examines what he identifies as ‘a fragmentation of the universalism that had historically underwritten the struggle for socialism’, leading to a what he terms a …	Samir Gandesha	18	2021	$1.80 Add
From Ideological Bias From: Legalizing Theft View Fernwood Publishing		Alain Deneault	11	2018	$1.10 Add
If You’re In My Way, I’m Walking The Assault on Working People Since 1970 Fernwood Publishing	“If you’re in my way I’m walking.” This arrogant statement by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of his physical altercation with a protester in …	Thom Workman	160	2005	View
From Imagining Socialism From: Twilight Capitalism View Fernwood Publishing	In the concluding chapter, the authors review several notable ways of conceiving an alternative to capitalism, drawing important lessons – both positive and negative – from the …	Jonah Butovsky; Josh J. Watterton; Murray E.G. Smith	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From Immigrant Men’s and Women’s Occupational Health Questioning the Myths From: Sick and Tired View Fernwood Publishing	The Myth of the Uneducated Immigrants The Myth of the Unhealthy Immigrants The Myth of the Unsafe Immigrants From Careless Workers to Vulnerable Workers Conclusions	Stephanie Premji	12	2018	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Immigration and "Medical Manpower" 1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada From: 1968 in Canada View University of Ottawa Press	The year 1968 witnessed the launch of medicare, a public program so important that 50 years later many Canadians identify universal health insurance as a defining feature of our national …	David Wright and Sasha Mullally	17	2021	$1.70 Add