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The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and Being

From: Think Like a Commoner

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Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Consumer in a Changing Food System

From: Emergent Agriculture

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Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Crisis of Community

From: Humanizing the Economy

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The Decline of Social Capital The End of Authenticity Shadowland Reciprocity and Restoration The Meaning of Work 25 $2.50 Add
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The Dirty Tricks Scandal

From: When Poverty Mattered

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The Embodied Transformation of a Racialized International Student on Coast Salish and Mi’kmaq Territories

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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In this chapter, the author describes her experience as a racialized international student studying in Mi’kma’ki. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Government Role in Creating Wealth

From: Share the Wealth!

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Readings in part 3 of this title explore the disticition between income inequality and wealth inequaltiy and methods for building shared wealth for Canadians. This chapter explore the role of the … ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The Impact of Canadian Health Care Reform on recent Women Immigrants and Refugees

From: Care and Consequences

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The Lame One

From: This Has Always Been a War

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In “The Lame One” the author reflects on their life back in the Yukon at the age of 35. Discussing their recovery from severe poverty, alcohol abuse, mental health episodes, … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Power Shift

A Seat at the Economic Table

From: Indigenomics

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Topics discussed in this chapter include the effect of the emerging indigenous power shift, the risk of doing nothing, and the collective response to now. 20 $2.00 Add
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The Salience of Class

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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1963-1980. With a focus on the trade union movement of the 60s/70s analyzes the disparity between classes in the economy and the factor of race and gender in your economic standing 20 $2.00 Add
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The Supply Region

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

From: Cities Matter

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Chapter 10 explores supply regions also know as resource economies, which are areas that are endowed with highly demanded natural resources and exploited as such. This chapter discusses the … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Triumph of the Right, 1993–2013:

The National Context

From: The Rise of the New West

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Looks at the switch from left wing NDP and Liberal to right political standing in terms of the national context of canada. Analyzes the Harper election 37 $3.70 Add
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The Uncritical Acceptance of New Technologies

From: Techno-Fix

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The Uncritical Acceptance of New Technologies discusses five topics related to the widespread belief in the inevitability of technological change: the myth of value-neutrality, the technological … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Think Tanks and Progressive Policy Institutions

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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In this chapter, Jackson discusses the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, which worked closely with the labour movement to counter the development of right-wing thought and policies. It … 8 $0.80 Add
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Venezuela under Chavez: The Dialectics of Twenty First-Century Socialism

From: 21st Century Socialism

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Warning Signs

From: BlackBerry Town

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Howitt asseses Research in Motion as its success is threatened by rival companies – most notably Apple’s iPhone. 16 $1.60 Add