Economic Policy
Showing 49–64 of 76 results
| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
From  Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their GovernmentsTools for Community Sustainability |
Moving toward sustainable communities is a long-term goal, so it is important that the incremental steps we take in the short-term are leading us in the right direction. This chapter surveys some … | Marc Roseland | 12 | 2012 | $1.20 Add |
|
From Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their GovernmentsLessons and Challenges |
There is an emerging recognition that a contemporary view of sustainable development has to blend this basic desire for economic prosperity (or at least survival) with multiple bottom-line … | Marc Roseland | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
|
From  Personal Well-BeingFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Well-Being is a Choice * Money, Your Life and Happiness | Mark Anielski | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
|
From  Planning an Escape from OvershootFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author details practical ways to escape from overshoot. | Peter Victor A. | 22 | 2023 | $2.20 Add |
|
From Post Growth PossibilitiesFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the auhor describes the concept of a "post growth era" as a potential solution to overshoot. | Peter Victor A. | 36 | 2023 | $3.60 Add |
|
From Reclaiming Economics for HappinessFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Reclaiming the Language of Economics * Happiness: Well-Being of Spirit * A New Index of Well-Being * Measuring Well-Being Objectively * Alberta’s Economic Growth, Disease and Income … | Mark Anielski | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
|
From  Reweaving Our Economies Close to HomeFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Despite 60 years of global economic expansion, incomes over the last 30 years have stagnated. People who were once beneficiaries of spiralling growth are no longer participants. The migration of … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
|
From  Samantha Power in Conversation with Rudyard GriffithsApril 30, 2020 From: The World After Covid |
Samantha Power and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and international affairs and global politics. Topics include global social and economics inequalities, different countries’ responses … | Rudyard Griffiths | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
|
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 |
|
From The Codefather and His KidsFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter focuses on Gerry Pond, who after leaving Q1 Labs became the most important angel investor in Atlantic Canada. | Gordon Pitts | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
|
From The Community Asset Well-Being FundFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Eliminating Poverty in Cincinnati within a Generation | Mark Anielski | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
|
From  The Example of the Nordic Countries |
Even between countries with comparable overall levels of wealth, and thus of human and material resources, international comparisons reveal great disparities between indicators of poverty and … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
 The Happiness Policy HandbookHow to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government |
Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens … | 226 | View | ||
|
From The Happiness-Sustainability Connection |
Climate Change – The Local-Global Connection: Community Solutions to Sustainable Development – Connecting Sustainable Development to Happiness Through Indicators | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
|
From The Making of MarcelFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts explores the life of Marcel LeBrun, the CEO and co-founder of iMagicTV Inc., a company that made an early attempt at delivering video-on-demand over the internet. | Gordon Pitts | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
|
From The Most Ridiculous Year EverFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter recount’s Chris Newton’s diagnosis with melanoma, and the sale of Q1 Labs in fall 2011 for $600 million U.S. dollars. | Gordon Pitts | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
