Economic Conditions

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From Corporate Globalization to Global Co-operation

By (author) Tom Webb
Categories: Political economy

The world needs a realistic alternative to capitalism that is equitable, sustainable and innovative. In a word, that alternative is co-operatives.

More than 250 million people around the world work for ...

Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada

In probing the impact of Alberta’s powerful oil lobby on the health of democracy in the province, contributors to the volume engage with an ongoing discussion of the erosion of political liberalism ...

The Servant State

By (author) Geoffrey McCormack & Thom Workman
Foreword by David McNally
Categories: Political economy

In The Servant State, McCormack and Workman explore Canada’s experience through the “age of austerity” and highlight how this experience has been shaped by the exigencies of capitalist development ...

The Great Revenue Robbery

For decades, the right has flooded the airwaves and taken over the political podiums with its anti-tax hysteria. But Canadians are waking up to the simple truth that taxes are the price we pay for civilization, ...

Global Capitalism in Crisis

By (author) Murray E.G.  Smith
Categories: Political economy

Providing a Marxian analysis of the origins, implications, and scope of the current economic downturn, this critique of global capitalism argues that the ongoing crisis is not merely a result of overProduction ...

Staples and Beyond

By (author) Mel Watkins
Categories: Political Science

Mel Watkins is professor emeritus, economics and political science, University of Toronto, and adjunct professor, Institute of political Economy, Carleton University.
Hugh Grant is a professor, economics, ...

Power, Money, and Trade

By (author) Mark R. Brawley
Categories: Political economy

This book is an introduction to International Relations that uses examples from International Political Economy (IPE). It presents the theories and paradigms of International Relations in the context ...

Independence and Economic Security in Old Age

As boomers move towards retirement the phenomenon of “population
aging” has become a much-publicized issue. Independence and
Economic Security in Old Age focuses on the economic and social
implications ...