Political Economy
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From ![]() NEW! Neoliberal Politics: Transforming Conservatism |
In this chapter, Himelfarb examines how the economic upheaval of the 1970s and 1980s allowed neoliberal ideas to reshape conservative politics in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. | Alex Himelfarb | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Neomercantilist imperialism and its implosion (1870-1945)From: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces neomercantilist imperialism from 1870 to 1945, a phase in which the 1873 depression, protectionist tariffs, and the scramble for colonies reshaped global power. | Samir Saul | 42 | 2025 | $4.20 Add |
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From ![]() NotesFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Notes | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() Part FiveFrom: Fleeced |
In this chapter, Spence examines how Canada’s mortgage lending became concentrated among a handful of chartered banks, with CMHC insurance enabling lower down payments while leaving … | Andrew Spence | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Part ThreeFrom: Fleeced |
In this chapter, Spence examines Canada’s banking industry as an oligopoly, drawing on figures such as Ed Clark, who led TD Bank between 2002 and 2015, and Victor Dodig of CIBC, to explain … | Andrew Spence | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Peer Governance Through CommoningFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
This chapter considers the second aspect of the Triad framework, Peer Governance through Commoning. They name and describe ten dynamics of Peer Governance usually present in effective commons, … | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 44 | 2019 | $4.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! PrefaceFrom: Imperialism |
In this preface, Saul examines imperialism as the use of extra-economic means for economic ends, a pattern spanning all eras rather than a single stage of capitalism. | Samir Saul | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Provisioning Through CommonsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
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 |
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From ![]() Relationalize PropertyFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Chapter eight explores pathways to relationalize property, beginning with a case study of a food cooperative store. They then make the case for relationalizing property. There are case studies … | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 45 | 2019 | $4.50 Add |
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From ![]() Rethinking PropertyFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
The seventh chapter examines the relationship between property law and ideas of ownership and commons, and finds them to be largely incompatible. The authors propose ways to rethink property and … | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 29 | 2019 | $2.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! “Return of the Rainmaker”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines Jim Coutts’s 1973 efforts to bridge the Trudeau government and Canada’s business community amid a fracturing public-private partnership (as told by … | Ron Graham | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Rise to power of the Atlantic world: Portugal and SpainFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces how Portugal and Spain reshaped global trade during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. | Samir Saul | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Roman modelFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces the Roman Empire from its 753 BC founding in Latium through its Mediterranean dominance by 130 BC, its collapse in 476, and the Byzantine successor’s fall in 1453. | Samir Saul | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! “Running a government”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the first weeks of the 1980 Trudeau government, as Finance Minister Jim Coutts navigated an economy strained by inflation and mortgage rates (as told by the diary … | Ron Graham | 15 | 2025 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() State Power and CommoningFrom: 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 … | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 34 | 2019 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Sustainable Trade and the Regulatory Business Environment: Lessons From AfghanistanFrom: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders |
In this chapter, Ul Haq Wani examines Afghanistan’s trade and regulatory business environment following the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021. | Nassir Ul Haq Wani | 22 | 2025 | $2.20 Add |









