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1) Life & debt
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Explores the the declining economic conditions of Jamaica as a result of loans given to them by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund after their independance from the English in 1962, and how it has changed the agriculture, government, industry and culture of the country.
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From the #1 bestselling author of Why Your World Is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller, a provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization, and how the blowback—from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe—will change the developed world.
Real wages in North America have not risen since the 1970s. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like...
Real wages in North America have not risen since the 1970s. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like...
3) Ascension
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"The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all"--www.imdb.com.
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START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?
With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven...
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With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing...
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"Having travelled through various parts of the Arab world and conducted extensive research with youth populations, Momani has formed a more hopeful and positive view of the prospects for change in the Middle East. This book will be an accessible study which focuses on individuals contexualized within broader economic and social changes occurring at the global level. Interweaving political analysis, historical narrative, and on the ground interviews,...
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Left for dead after decades of neglect, the terminus of the Colorado River in Northern Mexico was once a vibrant wetland ecosystem the size of Rhode Island. A changing delta chronicles the stories, issues, and people of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico, and what they've done to reconnect one of the most iconic American rivers to the sea.
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Hindi feature film. "A hilarious and satirical take on Mehngai (inflation), seen through the eyes of a middle class family of four, Puttan Pal, his wife Noori, younger brother Gopal and father. The family crushed under the burden of inflation tries to deal with it trough an ingenious idea, not realizing the problems they will face as a result of the idea"--From Worldcat.org.
19) Notice
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In Vancouver in 2017, university graduate and dishwasher Dylan Levett is being renovicted from his rent-controlled apartment in a city where economic inequality is prevalent.
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