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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryCities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life Jacobs, Jane Book 1984 Jacobs argues that virtually all economic life, no matter how geographically remote from cities, depends on cities to maintain it or change it. $88 billion a year in subsidies for climate disaster: Global governments spend more than double what energy companies invest to find new regions for oil and gas drilling, despite climate change Prupis, Nadia Article 2014 Despite pledging in 2009 to phase out public subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, G20 countries have disregarded those promises and are currently spending $88 billion a year in taxpayer money to fu... Fossil Fuel Industry Benefits from $20 Billion in Subsidies in the U.S. Horn, Steve Article 2015 A new joint investigative report by Oil Change International and the Overseas Development Institute reveals that, in the United States alone, the fossil fuel industry has benefited from over $20 billi... The Free Trade Game: New Internationalist December 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A look at free trade and and the effects of NAFTA. Discussion of the opposition to free trade and alternatives. Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay Nickerson, Michael Book 2006 The failure to reduce green house gas emissions, the success of efforts to curb ozone depletion, causes related to prosperity and social justice are just some the topics covered. By using the example ... Louder Voices: The Corporate Welfare Bums Lewis, David Book 1972 NDP leader Davis Lewis provides facts and analysis to support his charge that "government and big business are holding hands -- in your pocket." The myth of a free market in publishing and high-tech Diemer, Ulli Article 1999 The high-tech industries, in the U.S. in particular, owe their very existence to massive levels of government subsidies and intervention. Nature of Economies Jacobs, Jane Book 2000 Jacobs argues that since human beings exist wholly within nature as part of natural order in every respect, we should look to the processes of nature for vibrant and flexible models of economic planni... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 5, 2015: Residential schools Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices focuses on residential schools. As documented by the just-released report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, residential schools were set up to forcibly 'assim... Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay Engler, Yves; Mugyenyi, Bianca Book 2011 A global ecological critique of the American automobile addiction. We Can Save Social Programs  Brooks, Neil Article 1991 We can save social programs by removing unwarranted tax subsidies for corporations and wealthy investors. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryFossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF Carrington,Damian 2015 Fossil fuel companies are benefitting from global subsidies of $5.3tn (£3.4tn) a year, equivalent to $10m a minute every day. Preservation or plunder? The battle over the British Museum's Indigenous Australian show Daley,Paul 2015 Indigenous Australians are calling for the objects on show at the British Museum's new exhibition to be returned. |
