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  by skelly

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Type: documentary

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Status: I recommend

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Author: P. J. O'Rourke

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Tags: capitalism economics, nations, socialism,

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Description: A pithy, witty explanation and look at how economics works and doesn't in different partsA pithy, witty explanation and look at how economics works and doesn't in different parts of the world....

2008-05-12

  by gib101

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Type: fiction

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Status: on hold

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Author: Varda Burstyn

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Tags: fiction philosophy capitalism economics contemporary northern @finished2008 poltics

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Description: An interesting book, it describes the takeover of much of the Quebec water system by AmericanAn interesting book, it describes the takeover of much of the Quebec water system by American business tychoons who see only money in water and do not understand the effects to the ecosystem....

2007-09-01

  by gib101

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Peter McLaren

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Tags: school racism capitalism culture teaching poverty youth toronto @finished2007

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Description: A very god book that describes some of what it is like to live in the contemporary urban ghetto:A very god book that describes some of what it is like to live in the contemporary urban ghetto: the practical example being Jane & Finch in Toronto. However, I currently live one block from Jane & Finch, near a school that could be McLarens. Although I see, and have seen all my life, incidents such as the ones that are described iin the book, they are by far the only ones. My high school, one of those nearby, is now also known as the only Toronto High School where a student has been fatally shot. Although there are certainly many such incidents and examples, it would be wrong to read this book and abandon these people to their fate. Although the book does help communicate some of the difficulties of living here, it neglects to point out that there are many positive things about living in such an ethnically diverse neighbourhood....

2007-08-18

  by betweenthelines

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Upton Sinclair

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Tags: history classic capitalism socialism

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Description: For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remainedFor nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial edition edited out much of the ethnic flavor of the original, as well as some of the goriest descriptions of the meat-packing industry and much of Sinclair's most pointed social and political commentary. The text of this new edition is as it appeared in the original uncensored edition of 1905. It contains the full 36 chapters as originally published, rather than the 31 of the expurgated edition. A new foreword describes the discovery in the 1980s of the original edition and its subsequent suppression, and a new introduction places the novel in historical context by explaining the pattern of censorship in the shorter commercial edition.

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2007-07-10

  by betweenthelines & 227 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: George Orwell

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Tags: philosophy politics capitalism culture metaphors

2007-06-04

  by stanestane & 6 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Authors: Ernesto Che Guevara Cintio Vitier Aleida Guevara Che Guevara

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Tags: travel communism revolution capitalism socialism

2006-05-04

  by stanestane & 14 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Bret Easton Ellis

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Tags: sex money capitalism crime transgressive consumerism ny yuppie sadism professional

2006-05-01

  by joshsmith & 1 users

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Type: educational

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Milton Friedman

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Tags: politics capitalism economics freedom libertarianism individualism

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Description: "How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses"How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy--one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. The result is an accessible text that has sold well over half a million copies in English, has been translated into eighteen languages, and shows every sign of becoming more and more influential as time goes on."...

2006-03-06

  by ahora_despierto

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Type: educational

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Status: favorite

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Authors: Gloria Anzaldua Cherrie Moraga

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Tags: women history lesbian feminism love politics capitalism essays hope community activism patriarchy race @finished privilege gender freedom queer power class

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Description: READ THIS BOOK. SERIOUSLY.

2006-02-21

  by dotneko & 75 users

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Authors: Neal Stephenson Neil Stephenson

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Tags: science cyberpunk history sf fiction mystery scifi historical adventure education capitalism culture algorithms science_fiction contemporary cryptanalysis breaking

2006-02-18