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The end of reality : how four billionaires are selling a fantasy future of the metaverse, mars, and crypto / by Taplin, Jonathan T.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."At a time when the crises of income inequality, climate, and democracy, are compounding to create epic wealth disparity and the prospect of a second American civil war, four billionaires are hyping schemes that are designed to divert our attention away from issues that really matter. Each scheme -- the metaverse, cryptocurrency, space travel, and transhumanism -- is an existential threat in moral, political, and economic terms. In The End of Reality, Jonathan Taplin provides perceptive insight into the personal backgrounds and cultural power of these billionaires -- Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreesen ("The Four") -- and shows how their tech monopolies have brought middle-class wage stagnation, the hollowing out of many American towns, a radical increase in income inequality, and unbounded public acrimony. Meanwhile, the enormous amount of taxpayer money to be funneled into the dystopian ventures of "The Four", the benefits of which will accrue to billionaires, exacerbate these disturbing trends. The End of Reality is both scathing critique and reform agenda that replaces the warped worldview of The Four with a vision of regenerative economics that seeks to build a sustainable society with healthy growth and full employment"--
Subjects: Economics; Equality; Metaverse;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Should we tax the rich more? : Krugman and Papandreou vs. Gingrich and Laffer : the Munk debate on economic inequality / by Gingrich, Newt.; Krugman, Paul R.; Laffer, Arthur B.; Papandreou, Giōrgos A.,1952-; Griffiths, Rudyard.;
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Subjects: Income distribution.; Rich people; Taxation.; Fiscal policy.; Equality.;
© 2013., House of Anansi Press,
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The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world / by Gates, Melinda,1964-author.;
A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias.
Subjects: Feminism.; Women; Women; Equality.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Viking economics : how the Scandinavians got it right--and how we can, too / by Lakey, George.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: Social service; Equality; Welfare state;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchroom zombie nerds) : the third epic novel / by Pilkey, Dav,1966-;
Only Captain Underpants can stop the three evil space aliens who have invaded Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and turned everyone into lunchroom zombie nerds.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Captain Underpants (Fictitious character); School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc.; Human-alien encounters; Superheroes; Schools; School principals;
© c1999., Scholastic Inc.,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Walking for water : how one boy stood up for gender equality / by Hughes, Susan,1960-; Miles, Nicole.;
A boy, Victor, realizes that the girls in his Malawi village are not being treated the same as the boys. When he and his twin sister Linesi turn eight years old, he still attends to school but Linesi, like other girls and women in the community, has to walk to the river several times a day to get water for the family. Victor comes up with a plan to help. Based on the true story of a Malawian boy, the book also includes information about education and water availability in Malawi, resources and a glossary of Chichewa words.LSC
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Women; Sex role; Brothers and sisters; Water-supply;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Seeking social democracy : seven decades in the struggle for equality / by Broadbent, Ed,1936-author.; Abele, Frances,author.; Sas, Jonathan,author.; Savage, Luke,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. Ed Broadbent is unique among living political leaders of international stature in offering a fully developed analysis of social democracy and its relevance in the 21st century. His career as a political philosopher, activist, and politician and his conversations with contemporaries such as Willy Brandt, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Fidel Castro, and Mikhail Gorbachev inform his analysis of the struggles for social justice in the long 20th century. Having come to the socialist and social democratic traditions by way of academic study, Broadbent tested and tempered his ideas in the great postwar struggles over social rights, gender and racial equality, workers' rights, the containment of capital, and reversing the commodification of private life. The book explores the roots of his egalitarianism and the formation of his social democratic ideas, Broadbent's engaged internationalism and relationship with key historical figures, and his experiences and reflections in practical politics and pursuit of government across several of the most momentous decades in the history of Canada. He was a Member of Parliament for over two decades and was, for most of this period, leader of the New Democratic Party. He remains to this day an important social democratic voice in the public debates of the nation. Part political history, part intellectual biography, part manifesto for social democracy this first-ever full-length treatment of Broadbent's thought will be animated in dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, each similarly immersed in the history of social democratic ideas--the result being a fresh analysis of social democracy, Canadian politics, and a lively contribution to current debates and dilemmas."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Broadbent, Ed, 1936-; Equality.; Socialism.;
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Becoming cliterate : why orgasm equality matters--and how to get it / by Mintz, Laurie B.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Sex instruction.; Female orgasm.; Sexual excitement.; Sexual intercourse.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Me and white supremacy : young readers' edition / by Saad, Layla F.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the author of the New York Times bestselling book ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY comes the young readers' edition that teaches readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how young readers can do their part to help change the world"--Provided by publisher.Ages 10 and up.LSC
Subjects: Whites; Racism; Race discrimination; Equality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality / by McBride, Sarah,1990-author.; Biden, Joseph R.,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographies.; McBride, Sarah, 1990-; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transgender people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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