Economics

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Some Remaining Theoretical Challenges

Some Remaining Theoretical Challenges

From: Transforming or Reforming Capitalism

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Someone To Talk To

Someone To Talk To

Care and Control of the Homeless

Someone To Talk To is an empassioned account of life on the mean streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Homeless and near-homeless persons recount in agonizing detail their experiences … 135 View
SOS

SOS

Alternatives to Capitalism

Financial collapse and crisis; disgust at bankers’ greed; the devastating effects of yawning inequality: all these and more have led to widespread dissatisfaction and disenchantment with … 190 View
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Sources of hope

Sources of hope

life before capitalism

From: SOS

Chapter 1 explores what life was like before Capitalism, discussing the rise of capitalism, human happiness, Anthropology, hunter-gatherers and primitive communism, the commons, pre-capitalist … 9 $0.90 Add
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Special Import Measures Act

Special Import Measures Act

From: Canada's Laws on Import and Export

Discussion of how the Special Import Measures Act protects Canadian manufacturers and producers. 97 $9.70 Add
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Spoken Word Saved My Life: Poetry as a Form of Resistance

Spoken Word Saved My Life: Poetry as a Form of Resistance

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

This chapter explores how poetry saved the author’s life, and is a means to give voice to marginalized individuals. 12 $1.20 Add
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Stabilizing Your Business Model
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Stabilizing Your Business Model

From: The Farmer's Office

Managing the Hole – Should You Stop or Preserve? – Key Takeaways 12 $1.20 Add
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Stairs and Beaverbrook

Stairs and Beaverbrook

From: Merchant Princes

1902-1910 . Looks at the partnership between John F. Stairs and William Maxwell Aitken (the future Lord Beaverbrook). The establishment of the Royal Securities Corporation, John F’s … 49 $4.90 Add
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State Power and Commoning

State Power and Commoning

From: Free, Fair and Alive

Chapter nine considers how commoning would progress if it were supported by the state in the form of governance and provisioning, and anticipates the challenges of doing so. It clarifies the … 34 $3.40 Add
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State socialism

State socialism

From: SOS

Chapter 3 focuses on state Socialism, discussing its roots in the 19th century, the relationship between communism and social democracy, a comparison of two social democracies (François … 15 $1.50 Add
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Staying Alive
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Staying Alive

From: The Shopify Story

This chapter discusses the new faces at Shopify and how the company adapted to compensation and corporate governance issues. 10 $1.00 Add
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Steel City Meltdown

Steel City Meltdown

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to … 11 $0.11 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Norms & Sustainable Behaviour

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Norms & Sustainable Behaviour

Social Norms: Building Community Support

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

To date too little attention has been given to the significant impact that norms can have upon the adoption of sustainable behavior. If we are to make the transition to a sustainable future, it … 13 $0.13 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Social Diffusion

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social Diffusion

Social Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of … 11 $0.11 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies - Forgetting

Step 3: Developing Strategies – Forgetting

Prompts: Rembering to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … 12 $0.12 Add