Neo-liberalism

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Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
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Big Oil Takes Control

Big Oil Takes Control

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the rise of neo-liberalism think tanks in Canada and their impact on energy policy through the 1970s and 1980s. Trudeau’s Keynesian interventions such as the NEP and Petro Canada … 18 $1.80 Add
Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge
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Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge

What It Will Take to Deal with American Decline, Inequality and the Climate Crisis

Neoliberalism arrived in Ottawa with the Mulroney government in 1984, and has continued as widely accepted common sense about government until today. Neoliberalism’s basic tenets – … 184 View
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Capitalism

Capitalism

a system of reckless resilience

From: SOS

Chapter 2 examines capitalism as a system discussing the historical roots of capitalism, primitive accumulation and privitization, neoliberalism, market freedom, regulation, and ‘market … 13 $1.30 Add
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Carbon Pricing

Carbon Pricing

Economists vs. the Public Interest

From: The Big Stall

Reviews competing economic theories about tackling pollution. Explains Edmund Pigou’s work on "externalities" and neo-liberal ideas. An analysis of the two major policy proposals … 21 $2.10 Add
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Change Your Shape, Not Your Size

Change Your Shape, Not Your Size

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 5 examines how we choose aspects of society to change, discussing topics including the driving sectors of the economy,  neoliberalism, individuality and individualism, collective … 30 $3.00 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Harperism

Conclusions regarding the ideas presented in this book and how to move forward from Harperism 5 $0.50 Add
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Conclusion - Capitalism and Democracy, Not a Love Story
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Conclusion – Capitalism and Democracy, Not a Love Story

From: Myths of Modern History

The author explores the fraught relationship between capitalism and democracy. 30 $3.00 Add
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Containing Environmentalism

Containing Environmentalism

From: The Big Stall

Describes the business lobby’s tactics to contain environmentalism propaganda, including the use of think tanks, during the 1970s and 1980s. Details the rise of neo-liberalism via the Mont … 24 $2.40 Add
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Convince Canadians of the Importance of Economic Freedom

Convince Canadians of the Importance of Economic Freedom

From: Harperism

Explores the history of economic freedom, how canadians have been convinced that it is a good thing, the policies Harper has put in place to make it happen 35 $3.50 Add
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Counter the Environmental Threat to the Market

Counter the Environmental Threat to the Market

From: Harperism

Looks at the Harper Government’s environmental policy with particular focus paid to the idea of ethical oil 34 $3.40 Add
Crisis and Contagion
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Crisis and Contagion

Conversations on Capitalism and Covid-19

Crisis and Contagion is a selection of fourteen interviews conducted by Ian McKay of the Wilson Institute at McMaster University. Interviews with Nancy Fraser, Mike Davis, Mack Penner, Andreas … 324 View
Curing Affluenza

Curing Affluenza

How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World

Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw … 288 View
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Darkness at Noon
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Darkness at Noon

Part II: The Insurgency

From: Has Populism Won?

The authors conclude with four lessons that have come from the global insurgency of the populist movement and how the movement has impacted democratic politics. The authors discuss the success of … ; 24 $2.40 Add
Decolonize Self-Care
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Decolonize Self-Care

Decolonize Self-Care mounts a sharply critical investigation into contemporary “self-care” practices—particularly those that embrace using mindfulness and other techniques such … ; 284 View
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Decolonizing the “Contemporary Left”?
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Decolonizing the “Contemporary Left”?

An Indigenous Reflection on Justice in the New World Order

From: Spectres of Fascism

The author of this chapter, a Metis Canadian attempts to break down the colonial structures that form the underpinning of the contemporary political left 16 $1.60 Add