Reading List
If you are interested, these books provide some background to Brian's ideas and beliefs about the direction we need to take to create a Canada that is more prosperous and more just, as well as giving us we greater control over our future and our destiny.
These ideas also invluence my views on politcs at the provincial and local level as well.
These ideas also invluence my views on politcs at the provincial and local level as well.
ECONOMICS
Economics rules: the rights and wrongs of the dismal science
by Rodrik, Dani.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , 272 pages.
Economics: the user's guide
by Chang, Ha-Joon.
Year/Format: 2014, Book , xiii, 502 pages
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
by Chang, Ha-Joon.
Year/Format: 2010, Book , xviii, 286 p.
Bad samaritans: the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism
by Chang, Ha-Joon.
Year/Format: 2008, Book , xi, 276 p.
The nature of economies
by Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Year/Format: 2000, Book , x, 190 p.
Cities and the wealth of nations: principles of economic life
1st ed. --
by Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Year/Format: 1984, Book , 257 p.
The economy of cities
by Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Year/Format: 1969, Book , 268 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM383607&R=383607
Looking at the sun: the rise of the new East Asian economic and political system
1st ed.
by Fallows, James M.
Year/Format: 1994, Book , vii, 517 p
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM719608&R=719608
The entrepreneurial state: debunking public vs. private sector myths
by Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-, author.
Year/Format: 2013, Book , xxv, 237 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3031853&R=3031853
Rethinking capitalism: economics and policy for sustainable and inclusive growth
Contributors: Jacobs, Michael, 1960- editor. ; Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968- editor.
Year/Format: 2016, Book , xii, 225 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=3458909
Killing the host : how financial parasites and debt destroy the global economy
by Hudson, Michael, 1939- author.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , vi, 435 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3433250&R=3433250
House of debt: how they (and you) caused the Great Recession, and how we can prevent it from happening again
by Mian, Atif, 1975- author.
Contributors: Sufi, Amir, author.
Year/Format: 2014, Book , 219 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3139360&R=3139360
Geography and trade
by Krugman, Paul R.
Year/Format: 1993-, Book , xi, 142 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM1576678&R=1576678
Capital in the twenty-first century
by Piketty, Thomas, 1971-
Contributors: Goldhammer, Arthur, translator.
Year/Format: 2014, Book , viii, 685 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3121082&R=3121082
The spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
by Wilkinson, Richard G.
Contributors: Pickett, Kate.
Year/Format: 2009, Book , xvii, 330 p. :
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2503636&R=2503636
Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism
2nd edtion.
by Stanford, Jim, author.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , 430 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3327760&R=3327760
Enough is enough: building a sustainable economy in a world of finite resources
1st ed.
by Dietz, Rob.
Contributors: O'Neill, Daniel W., 1977-
Year/Format: 2013, Book , x, 240 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2962474&R=2962474
Misbehaving : the making of behavioral economics
First edition.
by Thaler, Richard H., 1945- author.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , xvi, 415 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3229357&R=3229357
CANADIAN ECONOMY
Not for export : the international competitiveness of Canadian manufacturing
3rd ed.
by Williams, Glen, 1947-
Year/Format: 1994, Book , 215 p.
Open for business : the roots of foreign ownership in Canada
by Laxer, Gordon, 1944-
Year/Format: 1989, Book , viii, 247 p.
Profiting the crown : Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990
by Bellamy, Matthew J., 1967-
Year/Format: 2004, Book , 303 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM179512&R=179512
IMMIGRATION
Strangers at our gates : Canadian immigration and immigration policy, 1550-2015
Fourth edition.
Knowles, Valerie, author.
Book, 2016. 336 pages
Points of entry : how Canada's immigration officers decide who gets in
Satzewich, Vic, 1961- author.
Book, 2015. xii, 291 pages
ENVIRONMENT
The limits to growth : the 30-year update
by Meadows, Donella H.
Contributors: Meadows, Dennis L. ; Randers, Jørgen.
Year/Format: 2004, Book , xxii, 338 p.
Beyond growth : the economics of sustainable development
by Daly, Herman E.
Year/Format: 1996, Book , vii, 253 p.
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
by Diamond, Jared M.
Year/Format: 2005, Book , xi, 575 p.
Prosperity without growth : economics for a finite planet
by Jackson, Tim, 1957-
Year/Format: 2009, Book , xx, 264 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2579147&R=2579147
OTHER TOPICS
The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion
by Haidt, Jonathan.
Year/Format: 2012, Book , xvii, 419 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2837546&R=2837546
The two-income trap : why middle-class mothers and fathers are going broke
by Warren, Elizabeth.
Contributors: Tyagi, Amelia Warren, 1971-
Year/Format: 2003, Book , 255 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM133686&R=133686
Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs
First U.S. edition.
by Hari, Johann.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , 389 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3216920&R=3216920
Man's search for meaning : an introduction to logotherapy
4th ed.
by Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997
Year/Format: 1992, Book , 196 p. ;
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM214900&R=214900
.
Economics rules: the rights and wrongs of the dismal science
by Rodrik, Dani.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , 272 pages.
Economics: the user's guide
by Chang, Ha-Joon.
Year/Format: 2014, Book , xiii, 502 pages
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
by Chang, Ha-Joon.
Year/Format: 2010, Book , xviii, 286 p.
Bad samaritans: the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism
by Chang, Ha-Joon.
Year/Format: 2008, Book , xi, 276 p.
The nature of economies
by Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Year/Format: 2000, Book , x, 190 p.
Cities and the wealth of nations: principles of economic life
1st ed. --
by Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Year/Format: 1984, Book , 257 p.
The economy of cities
by Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Year/Format: 1969, Book , 268 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM383607&R=383607
Looking at the sun: the rise of the new East Asian economic and political system
1st ed.
by Fallows, James M.
Year/Format: 1994, Book , vii, 517 p
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM719608&R=719608
The entrepreneurial state: debunking public vs. private sector myths
by Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-, author.
Year/Format: 2013, Book , xxv, 237 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3031853&R=3031853
Rethinking capitalism: economics and policy for sustainable and inclusive growth
Contributors: Jacobs, Michael, 1960- editor. ; Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968- editor.
Year/Format: 2016, Book , xii, 225 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=3458909
Killing the host : how financial parasites and debt destroy the global economy
by Hudson, Michael, 1939- author.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , vi, 435 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3433250&R=3433250
House of debt: how they (and you) caused the Great Recession, and how we can prevent it from happening again
by Mian, Atif, 1975- author.
Contributors: Sufi, Amir, author.
Year/Format: 2014, Book , 219 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3139360&R=3139360
Geography and trade
by Krugman, Paul R.
Year/Format: 1993-, Book , xi, 142 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM1576678&R=1576678
Capital in the twenty-first century
by Piketty, Thomas, 1971-
Contributors: Goldhammer, Arthur, translator.
Year/Format: 2014, Book , viii, 685 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3121082&R=3121082
The spirit level: why more equal societies almost always do better
by Wilkinson, Richard G.
Contributors: Pickett, Kate.
Year/Format: 2009, Book , xvii, 330 p. :
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2503636&R=2503636
Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism
2nd edtion.
by Stanford, Jim, author.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , 430 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3327760&R=3327760
Enough is enough: building a sustainable economy in a world of finite resources
1st ed.
by Dietz, Rob.
Contributors: O'Neill, Daniel W., 1977-
Year/Format: 2013, Book , x, 240 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2962474&R=2962474
Misbehaving : the making of behavioral economics
First edition.
by Thaler, Richard H., 1945- author.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , xvi, 415 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3229357&R=3229357
CANADIAN ECONOMY
Not for export : the international competitiveness of Canadian manufacturing
3rd ed.
by Williams, Glen, 1947-
Year/Format: 1994, Book , 215 p.
Open for business : the roots of foreign ownership in Canada
by Laxer, Gordon, 1944-
Year/Format: 1989, Book , viii, 247 p.
Profiting the crown : Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990
by Bellamy, Matthew J., 1967-
Year/Format: 2004, Book , 303 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM179512&R=179512
IMMIGRATION
Strangers at our gates : Canadian immigration and immigration policy, 1550-2015
Fourth edition.
Knowles, Valerie, author.
Book, 2016. 336 pages
Points of entry : how Canada's immigration officers decide who gets in
Satzewich, Vic, 1961- author.
Book, 2015. xii, 291 pages
ENVIRONMENT
The limits to growth : the 30-year update
by Meadows, Donella H.
Contributors: Meadows, Dennis L. ; Randers, Jørgen.
Year/Format: 2004, Book , xxii, 338 p.
Beyond growth : the economics of sustainable development
by Daly, Herman E.
Year/Format: 1996, Book , vii, 253 p.
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
by Diamond, Jared M.
Year/Format: 2005, Book , xi, 575 p.
Prosperity without growth : economics for a finite planet
by Jackson, Tim, 1957-
Year/Format: 2009, Book , xx, 264 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2579147&R=2579147
OTHER TOPICS
The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion
by Haidt, Jonathan.
Year/Format: 2012, Book , xvii, 419 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2837546&R=2837546
The two-income trap : why middle-class mothers and fathers are going broke
by Warren, Elizabeth.
Contributors: Tyagi, Amelia Warren, 1971-
Year/Format: 2003, Book , 255 p.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM133686&R=133686
Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs
First U.S. edition.
by Hari, Johann.
Year/Format: 2015, Book , 389 pages
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3216920&R=3216920
Man's search for meaning : an introduction to logotherapy
4th ed.
by Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997
Year/Format: 1992, Book , 196 p. ;
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM214900&R=214900
.