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Congo stories : battling five centuries of exploitation and greed / by Prendergast, John,1963-author.; Bafilemba, Fidel,author.; Souleymane, Soraya Aziz,writer of foreword.; Eggers, Dave,writer of postface.; Namegabe, Chouchou,writer of afterword.; Ilus, Sam,1979-illustrator.; Gosling, Ryan,1980-photographer.;
Subjects: Resource curse; Mines and mineral resources;
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Flipside. by Wilcha, Christopher,film director.; Glass, Ira,actor.; Apatow, Judd,actor.; Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ira Glass, Judd ApatowOriginally produced by Oscilloscope Laboratories in 2023.When filmmaker Chris Wilcha revisits the record store he worked at as a teenager in New Jersey, he finds the once-thriving bastion of music and weirdness from his youth slowly falling apart and out of touch with the times. FLIPSIDE documents his tragicomic attempt to revive the store while revisiting other documentary projects he has abandoned over the years. In the process, Wilcha captures This American Life icon Ira Glass in the midst of a creative rebirth, discovers the origin story of David Bowie’s ode to a local New Jersey cable television hero, and uncovers the unlikely connection between jazz photographer Herman Leonard and TV writer David Milch. This disparate collection of stories coheres into something strange and expansive—a moving meditation on music, work, and the sacrifices and satisfaction of trying to live a creative life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Business.; Economic development.; Music.; Arts.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Current affairs.; Biography.; Motion picture producers and directors.; Popular culture.;
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The Fields of Immokalee. by George, Samuel,film director.; Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films in 2020.For decades, migrant workers have worked these fields, harvesting the produce that feeds the U.S. Many are undocumented and attempting to keep their jobs even as federal crackdowns hover over the town. THE FIELDS OF IMMOKALEE follows their daily lives, from the 5:00am trips to the parking lot in search of labor, to work in the scorching mid-day heat, to child detention centers for migrant youth. These vignettes offer insight into the people behind one of the most volatile political issues of our time.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Business.; Science.; Economic development.; Agriculture.; Computer science.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Emigration and immigration.; Farmers.; Labor.; Labor laws and legislation.;
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More from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next / by McAfee, Andrew,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"--
Subjects: Capitalism.; Conservation of natural resources.; Consumption (Economics); Environmentalism.; Natural resources; Technology;
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Basic income for Canadians : the key to a healthier, happier, more secure life for all / by Forget, Evelyn L.(Evelyn Louise),1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Canadian social programs were designed for a world in which most people graduated from high school, then found a permanent job with benefits that, barring unforeseen accidents, they would hold until they retired with a pension - all under the benevolent eye of their workplace union. In the last forty years, however, the labour market has fundamentally changed. Good, full-time jobs have been replaced by part-time or temporary work that pays lower wages, offers fewer benefits and rarely comes with union support. Economic insecurity is now a feature of the lives for large numbers of people. Even advanced degrees do not guarantee young workers stable, well-paying jobs. This new situation has given new life to an old idea - basic income. This book explores this idea from a Canadian perspective. Basic income was tested in Manitoba in the 1970s. This and other experiments with basic income have shown that it improves family and community health and well-being, leads to a healthier attachment to the labour market, improves financial resilience and encourages education and training. Author Evelyn L. Forget discusses how Canada would set a basic income, what it would accomplish, how it could be implemented, whether Canadians can afford it and how it would fit into the overall social policy landscape."--
Subjects: Guaranteed annual income; Income distribution; Income maintenance programs; Poverty; Economic security; Social security;
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Power shift : the longest revolution / by Armstrong, Sally,1943-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The facts are indisputable. When women get even a bit of education, the whole of society improves. When they get a bit of healthcare, everyone lives longer. In many ways, it has never been a better time to be a woman: a fundamental shift has been occurring. Yet from Toronto to Timbuktu the promise of equality still eludes half the world's population. In her 2019 CBC Massey Lectures, award-winning author, journalist, and human rights activist Sally Armstrong illustrates how the status of the female half of humanity is crucial to our collective surviving and thriving. Drawing on anthropology, social science, literature, politics, and economics, she examines the many beginnings of the role of women in society, and the evolutionary revisions over millennia in the realms of sex, religion, custom, culture, politics, and economics. What ultimately comes to light is that gender inequality comes at too high a cost to us all."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women.; Sex discrimination.; Women's rights.; Women; Women; Women; Social justice.; Human rights.;
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The wires of war : technology and the global struggle for power / by Helberg, Jacob,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From Jacob Helberg, the former News Policy lead at Google, comes an urgent and groundbreaking account of the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the autocracies of China and Russia that could potentially crush democracy.
Subjects: Computer networks; Computer security.; Cyber intelligence (Computer security); Cyberspace operations (Military science); Cyberspace; Internet and international relations.; Technological innovations.; Technology and international relations.; Technology;
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The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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Dumb money [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Mezrich, Ben,1969-Antisocial network.; Blum, Lauren Schuker,screenwriter.; Brown, Clancy,actor.; Gillespie, Craig,film director.; D'Onofrio, Vincent,actor.; Dano, Paul,1984-actor.; Davidson, Pete,1993-actor.; Ferrera, America,1984-actor.; Offerman, Nick,1970-actor.; Ramos, Anthony,actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-actor.; Stan, Sebastian,1982-actor.; Woodley, Shailene,actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, Clancy Brown.Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; GameStop (Firm); Electronic trading of securities; Online stockbrokers; Online trolling; Social media; Stock exchanges; Short selling (Securities);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Artificial Intelligence For Dummies. by Mueller, John Paul.;
Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Information Management; COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Expert Systems; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics;
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