Loney, Shaun: BUILD Prosperity: Energizing Manitoba’s Local Economy. Winnipeg: BUILD Inc., 2012. Shaun Loney – the CEO and founder of the internationally recognized BUILD Inc. non-profit – has written a pragmatic yet visionary policy manual for addressing systemic market, environmental, and social issues in Manitoba. Designed as an informational booklet,
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Canadian Dimension Feed: Youth, austerity, and the changing meaning of opportunity
In the wake of the Conservatives’ 2012 austerity budget, depressive politics have been elevated to a new level in Canada. The vulnerable and marginalized are once again the subjects of demonization, deemed a societal burden by public and private sector elites who are convinced that balancing a budget in five
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Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies With Local Currencies “We don’t need money. We need the things that money can buy.” Simple words of wisdom from two authors who are able to break down the complexities of economics into non-pretentious discourse, while offering some attainable solutions. It includes succinct critical arguments,
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