Economics

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The Empire of Private Property

From: Think Like a Commoner

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Formal laws may declare what property rights people may have in given circumstances, our social norms are at least as important a force — and those are highly adaptable. How we define … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Era of Good Intentions

From: Equal as Citizens

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1950s – 1960s. The beginnings of medicare and the Canadian Pension Plans are explored 16 $1.60 Add
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The Financier

From: Merchant Princes

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1897-1901. Examines some of John F Stair’s work as a financier with focus paid to manufacturing, industrial endeavors, and shipbuilding 26 $2.60 Add
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The First World War and the Twenties, 1911–1929

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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Describes Ottawa’s efforts to supersede provincial powers especially concerning natural resources from 1911-1929. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Forward City

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

From: Cities Matter

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Chapter 7 Economic literature now uses the term Jacobs’ agglomeration, and the term “forward city” is original to this text. The chapter describes “Jacobs … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Indigenous Power Center

From: Indigenomics

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Topics discussed in this chapter include the Indigenous push/pull dynamic and the 7 Rs of the Indigenomics power center. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Moneyball Question

From: Shifting the Balance

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Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. This chapter explores the case of Sabermetrics and … 10 $1.00 Add
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The New Wageless Worker

Volunteering and Market-Guided Health Care Reform

From: Care and Consequences

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The Road to Equity of North American Universities – Naming Patterns

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The Set-Up

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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This chapters is all about planning and being prepared for the negotiation. Discusses subject matter, nature of the deal, understanding why you are negotiating, understanding the other … 28 $2.80 Add
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The Third Reich

A Welfare State?

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels provides an examination of the economic landscape of Germany in 1936-1939. 15 $1.50 Add
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The Tragedy of the Commons Revisted

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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Exploring the dissolution of communal farms in Scotland and the pitfalls of rigid British feudal farmlands. 8 $0.80 Add
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The utopia debate

From: SOS

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Chapter 6 focuses on the idea of ‘utopia’, discussing Plato’s Republic, the anti-utopians, utopianism for the powerful and wealthy, and lived utopias. 11 $1.10 Add
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The West and the East in the Period of Centralization

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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1963-1980. Looks at the attempts of atlantic and western provinces to maximize their returns from resources and create economic diversification 24 $2.40 Add
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There Are Many Alternatives

From: Curing Affluenza

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Chapter 7 explores the alternatives to the present culture of affluenza, discussing topics including Iceland’s response to the 2008 final crisis and its banks, challenging cultural … 30 $3.00 Add
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To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, … ; 11 $1.10 Add