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This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemys but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will learn the answers to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this...
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Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2008
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xi, 276 p. ; 25 cm.
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"Contrarian economist Chang blasts holes in the 'World Is Flat' theories of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty. On the contrary, Chang shows, today's economic superpowers--from the United States to Britain to his native South Korea--all attained prosperity by protectionism and government intervention in industry. We...
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Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2007
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558 p. ; 25 cm.
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An introduction to the concept of "disaster capitalism" offers an expose? of how the global "free market" has exploited crises, violence, and shock over the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large corporations and powerful interest groups.
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Repeater
Pub. Date
2019.
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296 pages ; 20 cm
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A lively and razor-sharp critique of mindfulness as it has been enthusiastically co-opted by corporations, public schools, and the US military. Mindfulness is now all the rage. From celebrity endorsements to monks, neuroscientists and meditation coaches rubbing shoulders with CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Davos, it is clear that mindfulness has gone mainstream. Some have even called it a revolution. But what if, instead of changing the world,...
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
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xii, 494 p. ; 25 cm.
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"With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system provides the framework for our lives--a framework of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic and out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism took shape centuries ago, starting with a handful of isolated changes in farming, trade, and manufacturing, clustered in early-modern England. Astute observers began to notice these changes...
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The U.S. senator and former presidential candidate offers a progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and presents a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like.
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PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Why was the U.S. left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre, this is an investigation of the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2015]
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xvii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Outlines how the American economic system is failing, with increasing income inequality and a shrinking middle class, and reveals how a market designed for broad prosperity can reverse the trend toward diminished opportunity."--Publisher.
10) Beyond Pollution
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Sideways Film
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A thought provoking, in-depth look at the causes and effects of the most devastating man made environmental disaster America has ever experienced. BEYOND POLLUTION is a firsthand investigation into BP’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Traveling thousands of miles across the Gulf coast interviewing environmental experts, government officials, fisherman & distributors, scientists, drilling engineers, and key BP contractors, the film reveals,...
11) Playing God
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Syndicado
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Why is the life of a fire-fighter who died in the Twin Towers on September 11 worth on average a million dollars less than that of a stockbroker who lost his life in the same disaster? How much money should BP pay the fishermen on the Gulf of Mexico who are fighting for their livelihoods after the largest oil spill in history? How can ailing Vietnam vets be compensated for their suffering, which stems from exposure to Agent Orange? ONE man was appointed...
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Threshold Editions, Mercury Radio Arts
Pub. Date
2020.
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viii, 407 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"In Arguing With Socialists, New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck arms readers to the teeth with information necessary to debunk the socialist arguments that have once again become popular, and proves that the free market is the only way to go"--
13) Outsourced
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Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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When the call center he manages in Seattle is OUTSOURCED to India, Todd travels there to train his replacement. Housed in a new building that looks like an above-ground bunker, the call center is staffed by willing novices whom Todd trains to sound American. One star on the staff is Asha, teaches Todd that he should learn about India, and in the process learn about himself.
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xiii, 270 pages ; 22 cm
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"From a National Book Award finalist and a powerful literary mind, an incisive new work examining capitalism's toxic creep into the land, our bodies, and our thinking. When she receives a dermatological diagnosis of extreme sensitivity-thin skin-Jenn Shapland considers just how thin the barrier is between herself and the world, and how deeply vulnerable we all are to our surroundings. As she becomes aware of the impacts her tiniest choices have on...
17) Last Man Fishing
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Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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LAST MAN FISHING is a cinematic look at the vastly changing seafood system through the lens of small-scale fishermen across the United States. Narrated by best-selling author Mark Bittman, the film explores the dichotomy between the industrial model and sustainable fishing methods that focus on conservation and quality.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
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In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world. But Welch’s achievements didn’t stem from some greater intelligence or business prowess. Rather, they were the result of a sustained effort to push GE’s stock price ever higher, often at the expense of workers, consumers,...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
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560 pages
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Where do our ideas about economics and economic policy come from? Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets, among economists and many ordinary citizens too, is a form of religion. It turns out that there is something to theidea: not in the way the critics mean, but in a deeper, more historically grounded sense. Contrary to the conventional historical view of economics as entirely a secular product of the Enlightenment,...
20) Money Bots
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Time is Money. In high frequency trading the fastest data network makes the deal. Computers trade against computers solely committed to the logic of their algorithms. Essentially, they are warring bots – MONEY BOTS. In the beginning, the intention was to use greater predictability and faster infrastructure to increase the stability of financial markets. In fact, the opposite has occurred: automation has made them more vulnerable. Moneybots love...
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