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Agricultural Change and Sustainable Development

Agricultural Change and Sustainable Development

From: Human Development

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Aid for Trade

Aid for Trade

From: Fixing Fashion

The chapter Aid for Trade takes a look at the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement over 20 years, considering who has benefitted. It also analyzes statistics and outcomes by country, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Alberta

Alberta

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

Reading nearly fifty years of Canadian Dimension’s eye on Alberta is both sobering and heartening. Sobering because one realizes how little the province’s political culture and … 9 $0.90 Add
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Alberta and the myth of Sisyphus

Alberta and the myth of Sisyphus

From: Moment of Truth

In this chapter, Flanagan traces Alberta’s roughly 150-year struggle, from the 1869 purchase of Rupert’s Land to the 2020s climate policies, to safeguard its natural resources within … 25 $2.50 Add
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Alberta has viable trade options

Alberta has viable trade options

From: Moment of Truth

In this chapter, Burney and Osler Hampson examine Alberta’s economic vulnerability from the late 1990s through 2020, outlining three strategic trade options for the province. 25 $2.50 Add
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Alberta’s fiscal contribution to confederation

Alberta’s fiscal contribution to confederation

From: Moment of Truth

In this chapter, Mansell traces Alberta’s fiscal relationship with the federal government from 1961 to 2018. 26 $2.60 Add
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Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s

Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at John A. MacDonald’s National Policy in the 1870s ‘ and 1880s’ post-Confederation Canada in the form of railroads, tariffs and immigration, as well as the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup

From: Fixing Fashion

In Alphabet Soup, the author begins to examine his process of engaging with the darkers aspects of the global fashion industry, such as child labor, global trade agreements and their impacts, … 36 $3.60 Add
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American Fans and Partners of Hitler

American Fans and Partners of Hitler

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels looks at the support that Hitler received from American industrialists and bankers who were tied to German business from 1920-1940. 17 $1.70 Add
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American Workers and the Left after Trump
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American Workers and the Left after Trump

Polarized Options

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Sam Gindin examines the state of the American Left after the Trump Administration. For Gindin, the US left faces ‘polarized options’; the challenge it faces is ‘to conceive of … 19 $1.90 Add
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America’s Hostage

America’s Hostage

From: The Two Michaels

In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson explore how the 2018–2020 United States–China trade war shaped Canada’s response to the detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael … ; 9 $0.90 Add
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An Awkward Time for the Universities

An Awkward Time for the Universities

From: The Oppinionated Middle Ground

In this chapter, Cowan traces sixty-two years of North American university life, from 1960 to 2008, arguing that institutions improved after the Second World War, plateaued, and have since … 44 $4.40 Add
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An Economy of Fair Trade and Right Relations

An Economy of Fair Trade and Right Relations

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Common cause projects can at the same time tackle the global and local activist divide, bringing members of national and international groups together with local, grounded activists. 14 $1.40 Add
An Economy of Well-Being

An Economy of Well-Being

Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness

In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about … 242 View
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An example of regulatory chill

An example of regulatory chill

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Opponents of investor-state arbitration have long warned that it may lead to so-called “regulatory chill,” by creating financial risks for countries that deter responsible regulation … 10 $1.00 Add
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An Historical Frame for Current Activism

An Historical Frame for Current Activism

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

If we want to come home to the Earth, reviving our sense of connection to it, we must first come home to ourselves, healing our relationship with ourselves, and those around us. 9 $0.90 Add