Political Philosophy

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Ownership Transfer: Accelerating Transition

Ownership Transfer: Accelerating Transition

From: Resilience Imperative

The importance of closing the equity gap and the crucial role of low-cost finance have been central to the cooperative innovations we have featured in this book. In micro-ways they roll back the … ; 40 $4.00 Add
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Pandemic Nationalism
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Pandemic Nationalism

Part II: The Insurgency

From: Has Populism Won?

This chapter refers to the rise of populist rhetoric during the COVID-19 pandemic and how populist leaders used the situation to their political advantage. The authors discuss anti-vaccine … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Pandemic Polarizations and the Contradictions of Indian Capitalism
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Pandemic Polarizations and the Contradictions of Indian Capitalism

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Jayati Ghosh provides a penetrating analysis of ‘pandemic polarizations’ amidst the contradictions of Indian capitalism. By focusing on India, Ghosh focuses on how the Covid-19 … 21 $2.10 Add
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Big Oil Gets Its Deal

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the 2015 Paris Accord on climate change and reports on how the proceedings came to be dominated by corporate interests. Analyzes the impact of decades of well funded denialism. Suggests … 22 $2.20 Add
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Part 1

Escaping the Basement

From: Billion Dollar Start-Up

In the first chapter, the founders of HEXO, now a billion dollar cannabis company, recall the founding of the company. The chapter provides brief biographies of each of the founders and their … ; ; 62 $6.20 Add
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Part 2

We Bought the Farm

From: Billion Dollar Start-Up

This chapter describes the slow rise of the legal marijuana industry in Canada and the challenges that the founders of HEXO overcame on their journey to profitability. ; ; 82 $8.20 Add
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Part 3

Hitting a Billion

From: Billion Dollar Start-Up

This chapter explores the growth of HEXO from a small startup to a company with a valuation of over $1 billion. ; ; 86 $8.60 Add
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Part I

Prospectors and Promoters

From: Ring of Fire

In Part I the author recounts the formation of rock deposits in the James Bay Lowlands, and recounts a history of initial mining activity in the area. This section includes: Introduction – … 69 $6.90 Add
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Part II

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People and the Planet

From: Ring of Fire

In Part II the author explores the effects of mining in the "Ring of Fire" on Indigenous communities in the area, as well as on the environment. This section includes: Chap. 6: Whose … 37 $3.70 Add
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Part III

Power and Protest

From: Ring of Fire

In Part III the author describes political, legal, and logistical tensions surrounding mining activities in the Ring of Fire. This section includes: Chap. 9: A Tale of Two Provinces – Chap. … 56 $5.60 Add
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PART ONE

From: Working for the Common Good

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Passion

Passion

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter explores Arendt’s relationship with the philosopher Martin Heidegger. 10 $1.00 Add
Patriarchy of the Wage

Patriarchy of the Wage

Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism

At a time when socialism is entering a historic crisis and we are witnessing a worldwide expansion of capitalist relations, a feminist rethinking of Marx’s work is vitally important. In … 144 View
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Petroleum and Geopolitics

Petroleum and Geopolitics

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses petroleum, the most valuable commodity in world trade, and its ties to politics and power. Introduces the links between governments and oil corporations, the history of petrodollars in … 30 $3.00 Add
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Pharmaceutical Companies
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Pharmaceutical Companies

Relationship Between the Canadian Government and Big Pharma — “Clientele Pluralism”

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Joel Lexchin examines the pharmaceutical industry and “clientele pluralism. “ Lexchin argues that the pharmaceutical industry can drive regulation by influencing not … 20 $2.00 Add
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Pipeline on Wheels

Pipeline on Wheels

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices. 9 $0.90 Add