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“patrick m condon”

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  • Broken City

    Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis

    by Patrick M. Condon ...
    How can urban housing, and the land underneath, now account for half of all global wealth? According to Patrick Condon, the simple answer is that land has become an asset rather than a utility. If the rich only indulged themselves with gold, jewels, and art, we wouldn’t have a global housing crisis. But once global capital markets realized land was a good speculative investment, runaway housing ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

    Design Strategies for the Post Carbon World

    by Patrick M. Condon ...
    Questions of how to green the North American economy, create a green energy and transportation infrastructure, and halt the deadly increase in greenhouse gas buildup dominate our daily news. Related questions of how the design of cities can impact these challenges dominate the thoughts of urban planners and designers across the U.S. and Canada. With admirable clarity, Patrick Condon discusses ... Read more

    $42.89 CAD

  • Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities

    Design in an Age of Urban Migration, Demographic Change, and a Disappearing Middle Class

    by Patrick M. Condon ...
    How we design our cities over the next four decades will be critical for our planet. If we continue to spill excessive greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, we will run out of time to keep our global temperature from increasing. Since approximately 80% of greenhouse gases come from cities, it follows that in the design of cities lies the fate of the world.As urban designers respond to the critical ... Read more

    $45.09 CAD

  • Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities

    by Patrick M. Condon ...
    A step-by-step guide to more synthetic, holistic, and integrated urban design strategies, Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities is a practical manual to accomplish complex community design decisions and create more green, clean, and equitable communities.The design charrette has become an increasingly popular way to engage the public and stakeholders in public planning, and Design ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • We Are Fairies

    by John Condon ...
    Illustrated by Patrick Corrigan ...
    Return for more laughter with We Are Fairies, the second book from picture book duo John Condon and Patrick Corrigan!Join four determined fairies on a hilarious clean-up adventure in their home, where fun turns into chaos at every turn.All these four fairies want to do is leave their attic home and help around the house. But when hoovering goes awry and bubbly baths get a little out of control, it ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • We Are Dragons

    by John Condon ...
    Illustrated by Patrick Corrigan ...
    Unleash the laughter with We Are Dragons!Join four playful dragons on their hilarious journey through a fairytale kingdom, where fun turns into chaos at every turn.From dazzling at the Prince’s Royal Ball to mixing fizzing potions in a witch’s cauldron, these dragons can’t help but cause mischief wherever they go. This rhyming tale is bursting with humour and vibrant illustrations that will ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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    $17.99 CAD

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  • Economics for the Rest of Us

    Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal

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    "Vivid case studies . . . Adler's frustration with wrongheaded economic thinking is as entertaining as it is thought provoking." — Publishers WeeklyWhy do so many contemporary economists consider food subsidies in starving countries, rent control in rich cities, and health insurance everywhere "inefficient"? Why do they feel that corporate executives deserve no less than their multimillion-dollar ... Read more

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  • The Third Industrial Revolution

    How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

    by Jeremy Rifkin ...
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  • The Corruption of Capitalism

    Why rentiers thrive and work does not pay

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  • 2030

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  • The Tenant Class

    by Ricardo Tranjan ...
    In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society.What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction notices aren’t the work of the invisible hand of the market, but of a parasitic elite systematically ... Read more

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