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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	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 …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	20	2011	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Programs: Evading, Auditing, Financializing, Privatizing From: The Consulting Trap View Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Chris Hurl; Leah B. Werner	37	2024	$3.70 Add
From Prologue From: Billion Dollar Start-Up View ECW Press	Prologue	Adam Miron; Julie Beun; Sébastien St-Louis	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From Prologue From: Committed View Sutherland House	In this prologue, Sprickerhoff traces eSentire’s journey from a small consulting practice to a 1.1 billion dollar company.	Eldon Sprickerhoff	2	2024	$0.20 Add
From Prologue and Foreword From: Escape from Overshoot View New Society Publishers	This is a prologue and foreword to Escape from Overshoot: Economics for a Planet in Peril by Peter A. Victor	Peter Victor A.	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Prologue Three: On Human Potential From: Thinking Systematics View Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip	4	2025	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Prologue Two: Troubling Facts and Observations about a Perilous Age From: Thinking Systematics View Fernwood Publishing	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.	Murray E.G. Smith; Tim Hayslip	10	2025	$1.00 Add
From Promoter and Politician From: Merchant Princes View James Lorimer and Company	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	James D. Frost	41	2003	$4.10 Add
From NEW! Protect and extract The Trudeau government’s conflicted legacy on nature and conservation From: The Trudeau Record View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter addresses the Trudeau government’s legacy on conservation, environmental protection and safeguarding of endangered species and habitats.	Michael F.D. Polanyi	13	2024	$1.30 Add
From Protecting Canadian investors, with a catch From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	The FIPA does provide stronger protection for Canadian investors in China but here Van Harten outlines why they are not strong protections	Gus Van Harten	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From Protecting Seeds From: Frontline Farmers View Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Terran Giacomini	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From Provincially Speaking “You don't sound like a Newfoundlander!” From: Experiencing Difference View Fernwood Publishing		Susan A. Tilley	11	2012	$1.21 Add
From Provisioning Through Commons From: Free, Fair and Alive View New Society Publishers	This chapter is about the ten key patterns of production or provisioning in the Triad framework of the commons. They also explain the underlying goals of provisioning in a commons-oriented world …	David Bollier; Silke Helfrich	35	2019	$3.50 Add
From Psychological Wage and the Trump Phenomenon From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left View Fernwood Publishing	Populist Reductionism – The Colour Line – Misogyny – Narrow Trade Unionism – Implications for Left Politics	Paul Kellogg	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Public Policy and the Social Determinants of Health From: About Canada: Health and Illness View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Six dissects the relationship between public policy and the social determinants of health in Canada, highlighting the country’s poor performance in addressing health inequities and …	Dennis Raphael	53	2024	$5.30 Add
From Pulling the Levers of Power: From Lougheed to Klein From: Oi's Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic …	Kevin Taft	5	2017	$0.50 Add