Economics

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Sweet! How Fair Trade Powers the Sugar Revolution From: The Fair Trade Handbook View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter explores fair trade in the sugar industry; how sugar farmers are often deprived of market access; and how a Paraguayan co-operative is positively disrupting the status quo.	Martin Van den Borre	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From The Clashing Poverty Reports From: When Poverty Mattered View Fernwood Publishing	-	Paul Weinberg	7	2019	$0.70 Add
From NEW! The Consequences of Being Information Poor From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	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. This chapter discusses what can …	Mark Schrutt	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From The Emerging Modern Indigenous Economy From: Indigenomics View New Society Publishers	Topics discussed in this chapter include setting a target for indigenous economic growth, understanding the growth of the indigenous economy, the state of indigenous economic research, and the …	Carol Anne Hilton	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From The explosion of foreign investor lawsuits From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	overview of the history of foreign investor lawsuits and how FIPA has accelerated them	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From The Fall From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Examines BlackBerry’s precipitous fall, which evenutally resulted in Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie’s exit from the company.	Chuck Howitt	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From The Future of the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	There is much more that can be said about the commons — in greater depth, with greater precision, from different cultural perspectives, and with the wisdom of historians, poets and artists. …	David Bollier	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From The Great Financialization of 2008 From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization View Fernwood Publishing	-	Kari Polanyi Levitt	12	2013	$1.20 Add
From The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	-	Evelyn L. Forget	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From NEW! The Shipping Industry Regulatory Capture in the Shipping Industry From: Corporate Rules View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter John Dalziel, Floris Goerlandt, Roland Pelot, and Aldo Chircop examine regulatory capture in the shipping industry. The authors reflect on the relationship between governments as …	Floris Goerlandt; John Dalziel; Ronald Pelot	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From The Slow Money From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	Slow Money argues for the diversion of capital from global markets to local markets – to farms, farmers’ markets, and restaurants within one’s own foodshed. Slow Money creates …	Gary S. Kleppel	6	2014	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Transplant Region Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 11 describes how transplant regions are brought to life by the transfer of work from a congested city to a lower-cost production area. The chapter explores their relationship with supply …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	5	2022	$0.50 Add
From The Triumph of the Right, 1993–2013: Provincial Consolidation From: The Rise of the New West View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the four western provinces support of the reconstruction of the right and the consolidation of neo-liberal ideological hegemony among all political parties	John F. Conway	66	2014	$6.60 Add
From Threats to Food Co-ops From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	The co-opting by grocery chains of co-op values as marketing strategies is described, as well as the challenges of the "cornucopia effect", caused by a dizzying variety of choice. The …	John Steinman	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Understanding women’s pain From: Bent out of Shape View Between The Lines	-	Karen Messing	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Water Export The Site C End-Game From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Investigative journalist Joyce Nelson links the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to continental water-sharing plans. Her analysis is that the Site C dam is being …	Joyce Nelson	15	2018	$1.50 Add