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Connexions Library: Economy, Poverty, Work
Canada Post: Profits Before People - Behind the efforts to privatize one of its oldest public institutions. (CX5058). The Competition Myth - The real meaning of the last 25 years. (CX5303). The Deficit Is No Accident - The deficit and national debt were created intentionally by politicians of both parties, to destroy social programs which give working people some protection against unrestrained corporate power.. (CX5304). Economic Power Struggle In The USSR: Soviet Workers Press For Self-Management - Reflecting on the power struggle between the Russian mafia and the workers in the 1990's . (CX5049). Ethical Mutual Funds, Screening the Screens - Ethical Mutual Funds are important to the growth of social programs and services in Canada. (CX5091). The free trade disaster: round two - Free trade is a disaster for Canada -- and Mexico. (CX4168) Globalizing the left - The Canadian trade union movement has to put greater emphasis on using its global ties to prevent multinational companies from shifting their operations to low wage countries.. (CX4169). The
GST in the Big Tax Picture -
The GST is part of the Tory program of making the rich richer.
(CX4003). Hierarchy of Salaries and Incomes - The official ideology's justification of hierarchy does not coincide with either logic or reality. (CX5162) Inventing tax rage - The propaganda campaign to invent tax rage.. (CX5345). James Bay Development Will Cause Cultural Genocide, Cree Chief Says - Quebec's James Bay hydroelectric plant construction could be disastrous for the Cree. (CX5100). The Junk Food Economy - Young people entering the workforce face a junk food economy. (CX4355). Memories of the Depression - Daily life experience during the Great Depression. (CX5054). The Need for Alternative Employment - We must start creating an alternative economy among ourselves. (CX3574). New Bishops' Report Says Workers In Canada Are In Crisis - The Canadian Bishops' Social Affairs Commision has harsh criticisms of the Canadian economy. (CX5101). Our Transportation Future - The billions of dollars proposed to be spent on roads would be better invested in electrifying the main rail lines in Canada. (CX4173). A Parable of Pigs - A parable. (CX5059). Patent absurdity - If patent law had been applied to novels in the 1880s, great books would not have been written. If the EU applies it to software, every computer user will be restricted. (CX5354). Patent Folly - The misuse of patents rights and associated dangers. (CX5224). Privatization: Fact versus Fiction - Truths and myths about privatization. (CX4348). Progressive Frames for Taxes - As progressives, we do not believe that taxes are necessarily an affliction. Instead, we think of taxes as investments that give us dividends. (CX5356). Reporting the realities of poverty - Review of Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts. (CX5229). Seven Public Sector Myths - Fact and fiction about the public sector. (CX5016). Slamming the World Bank and the IMF - Activists and NGOs converge on Washington. to protest the World Bank and IMF. (CX5079). So
THAT's Why They Can't Afford a Decent Wage Increase: It's Tough
At The Top -
Top CEOs struggle to get by. (CX5035). Structural
Adjustment -
The economics of structural adjustment in Canada. (CX5080). A
Tale of Two Offices - Daily life and offices
politics viewed through the experience of working in two libraries
with very different management styles. (CX5125 A Targeted Approach to Worker Co-op Development - Lessons from Mondragon and Northern Italy. (CX4721) Tories to Negotiate Deal With Mexico/U.S. - Free trade is on the agenda when the Canadian government meets Mexico and the U.S. in 1992. (CX5096). Union Studies Worker Buyout of CN - The CN workers' union is attempting to reclaim CN Rail through a bid for purchase. (CX5095). U.S. Strikes Drop Dramatically - Reaganism has enabled employers to launch war on unions. (CX4347). Wage & Price Controls - The Liberal anti-inflation program hammers workers and unions. (CX5121). We Can Save Social Programs - We can save social programs by removing unwarranted tax subsidies for corporations and wealthy investors. (CX4346). Welfare: the Fragmented Self - Are welfare recipients treated as if they are part of a Canadian social experiment?. (CX5088). Winter of discontent - Whole communities are being plunged into a poverty culture that is very difficult to escape. (CX4170). Women's Work Devalued - An examination of the global failure to recognize the value of women's work. (CX5062). Working in an office - for a while - "The first thing that strikes one about working in this particular office is how little actual work ever gets done." (CX5141).
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