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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  NEW! Neoliberalism Comes to Canada |
From Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times: How Canada can strengthen our sovereignty and address the American challenge, inequality and the climate crisis | Alex Himelfarb | 45 | 2026 | $4.50 Add |
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From  Net-Zero ChallengeFrom: Getting to Zero |
Indentifies how Canada, in contrast to several other countries, has failed to develop a credible plan of action for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Proposes that an … | Tony Clarke | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Newton’s LawFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter explores Chris Newton’s younger years; he was an early adopter of home computers, and later enrolled in the computer science program at the University of New Brunswick. | Gordon Pitts | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From Old Dogs, New TricksFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter concerns Fiddlehead, a data analytics firm in Moncton that partnered with McCain Foods. | Gordon Pitts | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Outcomes and opportunities |
In this chapter, the author asks to what extent we as a society should be concerned about factors affecting inequality of opportunity (such as race, ethnicity, gender, class) or instead about … | Lars Osberg | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sandsFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against … | Kevin Taft | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Plutocracy Awaits UsFrom: Canada after Harper |
Linda McQuaig tells us how the inequality generated by “free market” policies has widened the gap between Canada’s ultra-rich and most other Canadians. | Linda McQuaig | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Poverty and Inequality |
In this chapter, the author details how incomes at the bottom of the income distribution scale have dramatically eroded in Canada in recent years. | Lars Osberg | 29 | 2024 | $2.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Preface |
John S. Tyhurst | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add | |
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From Selling Radian6From: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts outlines the sale of Radian6 to Salesforce, a fast-growing company based on the West Coast. This led to a financial windfall for all involved. | Gordon Pitts | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
 Share the Wealth!How we can tax Canada’s super-rich and create a better country for everyone |
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, millions of Canadians suddenly found themselves out of work as businesses shuttered and the country went into lockdown. While many were struggling to … | 208 | View | ||
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From NEW! Table of Cases |
John S. Tyhurst | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add | |
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From Tackling Tax HavensFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter discusses the challenges surrounding the regulation of offshore tax havens and the powers … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From Tax CutsPart of the Problem, Not the Solution From: Canada after Harper |
Trish Hennessy relates how the obsession with tax cuts promoted by neoliberal governments has served as a convenient excuse for slashing social programs. | Trish Hennessy | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From Taxing Individual WealthFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter explores methods for taxing individual wealth, including examples of countries where this … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
 The Age of Increasing InequalityThe Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1% |
For 35 years, Canada has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. It proposes meaningful steps … | 248 | View |
