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Taxing the rich: a history of fiscal fairness in the United States and Europe
By David Stasavage, Kenneth F Scheve. 2016
Draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history…
of progressive taxation available. Explores the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made. 2016.Taking people with you: the only way to make big things happen (Your coach in a box)
By David Novak. 2012
Tales from under the rim: the marketing of Tim Hortons
By Ron Buist. 2003
The original Tim Horton's founders - Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tim Horton, doughnut entrepreneur Jim Charade, and Nova Scotia born…
franchise wizard Ron Joyce - are all profiled in this examination of the marketing strategies behind Canada's most popular coffee-and-doughnuts chain. Look behind the invention of the apple fritter and the raisin dutchie, how timbits are made, or the origins of "Roll Up the Rim to Win". 2003.Systems of survival: a dialogue on the moral foundations of commerce and politics
By Jane Jacobs. 1994
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics…
- and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such examples as business fraud, government subsidies to agriculture and criminal enterprise. She provides a new way of seeing our public transactions and encourages us towards the best use of our natural inclinations. 1994.Survival of the fattest: an irreverent look at the Senate
By Larry Zolf. 1984
Swingback: getting along in the world with Harper and Trudeau
By Mike Blanchfield. 2017
Canada, under Harper, became a different sort of global citizen than before, one that occupied a new, unfamiliar position for…
this country--the odd man out. Deviating from the cross-party consensus of how Canada should govern itself outside its borders, Harper's leadership marked a turn from multilateralism, typified in his refusal to "go along to get along" on the world stage. This stance characterized Canadian relations with the United Nations and Canadian responses to political and military strife throughout the world. In the wake of Justin Trudeau's promise to return Canada to its pre-Harper state, this book examines Canada's global relations under Harper and their impact on the situation the Liberals have inherited. 2017.Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature
By Margaret Atwood. 1972
Originally published in 1972, Atwood's book redefined what made this country's literature unique in a landscape dominated by its British…
and American counterparts. She describes the struggle of local writers to survive this dominance, eventually asserting that there is a distinct Canadian literature, with its own preoccupations, themes, and ideas specific to its history, geopolitics, and landscape. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004, c1972.In its search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is plunging ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling…
its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and filling its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. In so doing, it is running out of water, destroying its range land, wiping out its forests and wildlife and spewing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 2007.Shopping for votes: how politicians choose us and we choose them
By Susan Delacourt. 2013
The author takes readers into the world of Canada's top political marketers, from the 1950s to the present, explaining how…
political parties slice and dice their platforms for different audiences and how they manage the media. She argues that the current system divides the country into "niche" markets, and abandons the hard political work of knitting together broad consensus or national vision. c2013.The fall of Bear Stearns in March 2008 set off a wave of global financial turmoil that continues to ripple.…
How could one of the oldest, most resilient firms on Wall Street go so far astray that it had to be sold at a fire sale price? How could the street fighters who ran Bear so aggressively miscalculate so completely? The Wall Street Journal's Kelly describes Bear's three final days, and shows how top executives descended into civil war as the mortgage crisis began to brew. Strong language. 2009.Speaking out: ideas that work for Canadians
By Jack Layton. 2004
NDP leader Jack Layton believes that the Harper government has abandoned what Canadians hold dear: our environmental commitments to the…
world and future generations, our role as purveyors of peace, our engagement on the global battle against poverty and AIDS, and the emphasis on investments in child care, housing, and education essential for our future. He provides a "blueprint for Canada" to get the country back on track. 2004.Some great idea: good neighbourhoods, crazy politics and the invention of Toronto
By Edward Keenan. 2013
Since 2010, Toronto’s headlines have been consumed by the controversies surrounding its mayor at City Hall. The author suggests that…
these have obscured a bigger story: Toronto’s decade-long ascendance as a mature global city having an amorphous identity built on diversity and constant redefinition. 2013.Slumming it at the rodeo: the cultural roots of Canada's right-wing revolution
By Gordon Laird. 1998
Alberta premier Ralph Klein, the Reform Party's Preston Manning, and Ontario premier Mike Harris have all attempted to depict themselves…
as modern day cowboys, tough-talking rebels. But the author questions whether their actions live up to their images. Are they right-wing rebels or guardians of the status quo?Starting from Ameliasburgh: the collected prose of Al Purdy
By Al Purdy, Sam Solecki. 1995
A collection of essays, anecdotes, travel pieces, and criticism by Canadian poet Al Purdy. The pieces are divided into essays…
on encountering the world through Canadian sensibilities, opinions on other writers like Charles Bukowski, Margaret Atwood, and Bliss Carman, and reviews of poets like bill bissett and Russian Anna Akhmatova. 1995.Squeezed: why our families can't afford America
By Alissa Quart. 2018
Alissa Quart weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and…
our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutions for how we might change things. 2018.Sharp: the women who made an art of having an opinion
By Michelle Dean. 2018
Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet…
Malcolm. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America in the twentieth century, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the sexist attitudes of the men who often undervalued their work as critics and essayists. 2018.Self leadership and the one minute manager: gain the mindset and skillset for getting what you need to succeed
By Susan Fowler, Laurence Hawkins, Kenneth H Blanchard. 2017