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  • On Class

    Series Libro 6 - Field Notes
    Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker's Book Award • Nominated for the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award • A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and ... Leer más

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  • Winners Take All

    The Elite Charade of Changing the World

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news."Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.” —The Washington Post**Anand Giridharadas ... Leer más

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  • Utopia for Realists

    How We Can Build the Ideal World

    Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today."A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." -- New York TimesAfter working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some ... Leer más

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  • Lost in Work

    Escaping Capitalism

    de Amelia Horgan ...
    Series series Outspoken by Pluto
    ***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' ... Leer más

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  • The Sum of Small Things

    A Theory of the Aspirational Class

    How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption—like eating ... Leer más

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  • Dream Hoarders

    How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

    Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent?we are the ... Leer más

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  • Canuckology

    From Dollars to Donuts—Canada's Premier Pollsters Reveal What Canadians Think and Why

    The anonymity of a phone line is the secret to the success for Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid, the largest market research company in Canada. Ipsos' accuracy in gathering people's thoughts and predicting trends makes them the go-to source for major companies seeking answers to unusual questions, such as: What would your ideal lover look like? Would you rather touch the Stanley Cup ... Leer más

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  • Empathy

    Turning Compassion into Action

    The 28th Governor General's most personal and timely book to date: a passionate and practical guide for turning empathy into action.As the world stumbles through the most severe pandemic of the last century, threatened by teetering economies, torn by political division, separated by unequal access to resources, and wrestling with issues as diverse as racism, gender, cybercrime, and climate change, ... Leer más

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  • A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition

    How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy

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    A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition, is one doctor’s vision for a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician, Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores more fundamental conditions that lead to poor health. The social determinants of health – ... Leer más

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  • The Death of Homo Economicus

    Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation

    de Peter Fleming ...
    In today's workplaces we work harder and longer, labouring under the illusion that this will bring us more wealth. As this myth becomes increasingly preposterous, it's time to understand why we believe in it, and where it came from.The Death of Homo Economicus explores the origin of this oppressive myth, in order to destroy it. The story begins with the creation of a fake persona labelled the ... Leer más

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  • Who's Your City?

    How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

    In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesn't't matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat.Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, it's more important than ever. In fact, choosing a place to live is as important to your happiness as choosing a spouse or career. And some regions, recent ... Leer más

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  • The New Megatrends

    Seeing Clearly in the Age of Disruption

    **A pioneering forecaster predicts the trends and technologies that will shape global culture and commerce in the next two decades—a must-read guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking for an edge.“In a world of half-baked hot takes, Marian Salzman is a true seer.”—Andrew Yang**A little more than twenty years ago, the Y2K computer glitch threatened to bring the global economy ... Leer más

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