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  • Teachings from the Worldly Philosophy

    by Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    Selections from great writings on economics, annotated and introduced by a distinguished economist and teacher.Author of The Worldly Philosophers, a 3-million-copy seller, Robert Heilbroner offers here a compendium of readings from the "worldly philosophers" themselves. The selections range from the earliest economic thought to such towering volumes as Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, Thomas ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Visions of the Future

    The Distant Past, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    by Robert Heilbroner ...
    "This is an exceedingly long short book, stretching at least fifty thousand years into the past and who knows how many into the future." So begins Visions of the Future, the prophetic new book by eminent economist Robert Heilbroner. Heilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its elegant simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history, despite the huge gulf in social organization, ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Twenty-First Century Capitalism

    by Robert Heilbroner ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    A New York Times Notable Book What forms will capitalism take in the twenty-first century? To answer this question, noted economist and social philosopher Robert Heilbroner looks beyond economic theory to the social and political problems of modern economic society. In this sweeping examination of the past, present, and possible future, Heilbroner considers capitalism both as an economic system ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Name of Profit

    by Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    Said One Executive:“Why should my conscience bother me?”Here are dramatic true stories of executives whose desire for profit leads them into shameful decisions.Naming actual executive of major American companies, the authors portray corporate irresponsibility in human term. One executive is shown as he orders his subordinates to fake a lab report, even though the result might be loss of life. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Behind the Veil of Economics

    by Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    "[These essays] are rich in argument, in clear and provocative presentation of complicated issues, and are often delightfully quotable. Behind the Veil of Economics makes instructive, disturbing, and lively reading." —Elizabeth Wolgast, New York Times Book ReviewWhat lies behind the veil of economics? Power and ideology, answers Robert Heilbroner—the power of our economic involvement in society to ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Marxism: For and Against

    by Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    "Genuinely open-minded and inquiring. . . .it intelligently summarizes and shrewdly questions four central topics of Marxist thought—the dialectical approach to philosophy, the materialist interpretation of history, the socio-analysis of capitalism and the commitment to socialism." —Raymond Williams, Cambridge UniversityIn the lucid style and engaging manner that have become his trademark, Robert ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Nature and Logic of Capitalism

    by Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    In The Worldly Philosophers, Robert Heilbroner set out to describe what the great economists thought would happen to the system of capitalism. In later books. Professor Heilbroner projected his own views about the future of the capitalist system. Now he asks a still more demanding question: What is capitalism?In search of an answer, The Nature and Logic of Capitalism takes us on a far-ranging ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • An Inquiry into the Human Prospect

    Looked at Again for the 1990s

    Edited by Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    Is there hope for man? That "terrible question" was posed by Robert L. Heilbroner in the original version of An Inquiry into the Human Prospect.In this third edition of a book that has become a classic, Professor Heilbroner leaves the question in place on the first page, believing some twenty years later that that interrogative sounds the themes of the 1990s as well. The main components of the ... Read more

    $12.19 CAD

  • The Essential Adam Smith

    by Adam Smith ...
    Few writings are more often cited as a cornerstone of modern economic thought than those of Adam Smith. Few are less read.The sheer strength of his great work, The Wealth of Nations, discourages many from attempting to explore its rich and lucid arguments. In this brilliantly crafted volume, one of the most eminent economists of our day provides a generous selection from the entire body of Smith's ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Why Market Socialism?

    Voices from Dissent

    by Frank Roosevelt, David Belkin, Robert L. Heilbroner ...
    A collection of essays on market socialism, originally published in Dissent between 1985 and 1993. Among other topics, they take issue with the traditional view that socialism means rejecting the use of markets to organise economic activities, and question the reliance upon markets. ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

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    by Wade Davis ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
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  • When the Gods Changed

    The Death of Liberal Canada

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    Peter C. Newman, Canada's most "cussed and discussed" political journalist, on the death spiral of the Liberal Party.The May 2, 2011 federal election turned Canadian governance upside down and inside out. In his newest and possibly most controversial book, bestselling author Peter C. Newman argues that the Harper majority will alter Canada so much that we may have to change the country's name. But ... Read more

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