Economics

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Don’t worry, be happy?

From: Doctors in Denial

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Discusses whether patient care is negatively affected by the interactions that pharmaceutical companies have with the medical profession. 23 $2.30 Add
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Epidemiological Neoliberalism in South Africa

From: The Socialist Register 2022

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Vishwas Satgar provides an analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. Satgar argues that as a corrupt and failing state, South Africa was unable, or unwilling, to adequately cushion the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Family, Difference and the Socializing Process

One Family, Indivisible?

From: Experiencing Difference

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Footprints for Change

An Indigenous Entrepreneur Weaves Traditional Teachings into His Fair Trade Coffee Business

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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From Mercantilism to Neoliberalism and the Financial Crisis of 2008

From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization

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From Premodern Past to Digital Present

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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The disappearance of commons across the globe pushes the author to act on her expriences in Scotland, throwing her support behind the Idle No More movement. 9 $0.90 Add
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From Welfare State to Partner State

From: Civilizing the State

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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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Getting from Here to There

From: Basic Income For Canadians

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This chapter looks at the next steps for making basic income a reality in Canada. 17 $1.70 Add
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Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?

From: Equal as Citizens

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1990s. A tumulteous decade for Canada the main cause of turbulance being constitutional, the Reform Party, the McMahon thesis and rebuttles against it. Provincial studies of Ontario and Alberta … 15 $1.50 Add
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Halfway to Impossible

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter concerns Radian6, a social media monitoring platform founded by many of the players discussed in the book thus far. Radian6 was later purchased and folded into the Salesforce brand. 14 $1.40 Add
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Immigration and "Medical Manpower"

1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada

From: 1968 in Canada

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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 … 17 $1.70 Add
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In Praise of the Dancing Body

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

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In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici discusses the celebration of the organic body as expressed through the act of dance. 6 $0.60 Add
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Law and Accounting

From: Understanding Financial Statements

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Concludes by discussing law and accounting, focusing on business contracts, employment contracts, negligent misrepresentation, income tax, drafting agreements, IFRS and GAAP, balance sheet … 36 $3.60 Add
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Local Foodmakers

The People Behind the Products

From: Grocery Story

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Examples of local foodmakers and the pitfalls they experience in supplying grocery chains are described. The role of food co-ops as small business incubators and the fair dealiing policies co-ops … 16 $1.60 Add