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OverviewWhy are we selling off the impressive public enterprises we often battled as a nation to create? In the early 1900s, thousands of Canadians battled wealthy interests, winning control of Niagara Falls and creating a public power company. Another popular movement succeeded in creating Canada’s public broadcasting system to counter American dominance of the airwaves. And a Canadian doctor established a publicly owned laboratory that saved countless lives by producing affordable medications, contributing to medical breakthroughs and helping to eradicate smallpox throughout the world. But in recent decades, we have allowed our inspiring public enterprises to be privatized and our vital public programs downsized, leaving us increasingly dominated by the forces of private greed that rule the marketplace. In The Sport and Prey of Capitalists, Linda McQuaig challenges the dogma of privatization, which has defined our political era. She argues that now more than ever, as we grapple with climate change and income inequality, we need to expand, not shrink, our public sphere. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Linda McQuaigPublisher: Dundurn Group Ltd Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.447kg ISBN: 9781459743663ISBN 10: 1459743660 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 07 November 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One….. Justin Trudeau Meets the Smartest Guy on Wall Street Chapter Two….. The Worst Deal of the Century Chapter Three…..The Thrill of Hearing Organ Music on a Train Crossing the Prairies Chapter Four….Niagara Falls, Berlin Rises Chapter Five….. From Horse Barn to World Stage: The Connaught Story Chapter Six….. Driving Out the Loan Sharks: The Case for Public Banking Chapter Seven….. Oil and the Search for Our Inner Viking Chapter Eight….. The Triumph of the Commons Acknowledgements Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationLinda McQuaig is the recipient of a National Newspaper Award for investigative reporting. She is also the author of eight national bestsellers, including Shooting the Hippo, selected by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the twenty-five most influential books of the past twenty-five years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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