Economics
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From  The Petroleum Game: New RealitiesFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced … | John Foster | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  The Power PlayFrom: Indigenomics |
Topics discussed in this chapter include Indigenous activists in court and an inception into a new economic reality. | Carol Anne Hilton | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Real Tragedy of the Loss of the Commons |
The cost of the Scottish Clearances through forced emmigration and the abolition of Scottish commons. | Heather Menzies | 7 | 2014 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Redesign of Decision MakingFrom: Shifting the Balance |
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 discussed in this chapter … | Mark Schrutt | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  The Rise and Fall of the Neo-Liberal Parties, 1982–1993From: The Rise of the New West |
Looks at the rise and fall of neo-liberal parties in Canada between 1982-1993, analyzes the neo-liberal impact on the west in terms of their diversification strategies and the jeopardizing of the … | John F. Conway | 65 | 2014 | $6.50 Add |
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From  The special status of Chinese investorsFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
under the FIPA, Chinese investors now have a power to sidestep Canada’s legal system by starting a lawsuit under the FIPA. Or, they can go to the courts in Canada to attempt to strike down … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The YoungbloodsFrom: Merchant Princes |
1910-1950. Examines the younger generations of the Stairs family and traces the family firm which was now an enterprise from prosperity to a selling off period | James D. Frost | 42 | 2003 | $4.20 Add |
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From  NEW! This Has Always Been a War |
In “This Has Always Been a War” the author recounts their time working in the vineyards, orchards, and gardens of Naramata, Salt Springs, and Penticton, British Columbia. Discussing … | Lori Fox | 39 | 2022 | $3.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Transformation and IntegrationFrom: Civilizing the State |
Transformation and Integration considers what might happen to our economic and political systems in this time of great inequality, political polarity, and global environmental crisis, reflecting … | John Restakis | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Walmart on wheelsLabour and unions |
Chapter nine of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? examines the labour and union aspects of the three revolutions in automobility as well as of public transit, and finds that carpooling apps in … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Web GiantsFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter explores solutions for taxing massive online corporations, who have hisotrically proved … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  What to Do? |
Policy proposals to address increasing inequality in Canada. A Carbon Fee and Dividend could both reduce cardon diozide emissions and lessen inequality. As robots increasingly make the robots … | Lars Osberg | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Workers Teaching WorkersFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter stresses the importance of education in the labour movement. | Andrew Jackson | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  “What Women Want”: Pacific DAWN Talks to Women with DisAbilities about Escaping ViolenceThe “What Women Want” Survey Moving Forward Appendix References From: Not A New Problem |
- | Pat Kelln; Stephanie Parent | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! 9. A Call to ActionFrom: Earth for All |
Chapter 9 serves as a call to action reviewing the goals of the book and its themes. Topics include ending poverty, pushing for greater equality among people and nations, a healthy planet, … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! A User’s Guide toThe Case for Basic Income |
A glossary of important individuals and concepts | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
