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Private Foundations (aka Charity for the Rich)

Private Foundations (aka Charity for the Rich)

From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

In Chapter 5, I look at private foundations. Contrary to popular belief, private foundations are not a good deal for public finances in the short or the medium term. A foundation has to spend … 20 $2.00 Add
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Producing Capitalist Order: Police, Class, Race and Gender

Producing Capitalist Order: Police, Class, Race and Gender

From: Cops, Crime and Capitalism

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Professional Fault Lines

Professional Fault Lines

Nursing in Ontario after the Regulated Health Professions Act

From: Care and Consequences

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Professionals and Professionalism

Professionals and Professionalism

Protecting the Status Quo and Academic Disciplines

From: Degrees of Failure

Undergraduate students occupying the lowest rung on the academic hierarchy are seen as non-professionals who need further training to ensure that they follow the judgments and decisions of their … 16 $1.60 Add
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Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development

Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development

From: Techno-Fix

Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development demonstrates that profit maximization does not necessarily lead to the development of technologies and products best suited to meet the … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Programs: Evading, Auditing, Financializing, Privatizing
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Programs: Evading, Auditing, Financializing, Privatizing

From: The Consulting Trap

Chapter Three explores how TPSFs have contributed to the hardwiring of neoliberal operating systems into the state. The authors examine how the Big Four firms have played a central role in … ; 37 $3.70 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

From: Billion Dollar Start-Up

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Prologue and Foreword

Prologue and Foreword

From: Escape from Overshoot

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Prologue Three: On Human Potential
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Prologue Three: On Human Potential

From: Thinking Systematics

In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip examine how human potential is shaped by societal structures, tracing Darwin’s view that empathy extends beyond small tribes and Keynes and Marx’s … ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Prologue Two: Troubling Facts and Observations about a Perilous Age
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Prologue Two: Troubling Facts and Observations about a Perilous Age

From: Thinking Systematics

In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip trace widening wealth inequality, the erosion of liberal democracy, human-caused environmental damage, and escalating tensions in international relations. ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Promoter and Politician

Promoter and Politician

From: Merchant Princes

1887-1897 . John F Stairs story continues into his his work as a promoter of the company, his foray back to politics, and some financial innovation 41 $4.10 Add
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Protect and extract
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Protect and extract

The Trudeau government’s conflicted legacy on nature and conservation

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter addresses the Trudeau government’s legacy on conservation, environmental protection and safeguarding of endangered species and habitats. 13 $1.30 Add
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Protecting Canadian investors, with a catch

Protecting Canadian investors, with a catch

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

The FIPA does provide stronger protection for Canadian investors in China but here Van Harten outlines why they are not strong protections 6 $0.60 Add
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Protecting Seeds

Protecting Seeds

From: Frontline Farmers

The fourth chapter looks at farmers’ right to save seeds, and how corporate consolidation in agriculture erodes this right, an integral part of food sovereignty. Interviews are with Terry … 19 $1.90 Add