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The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization / by Rubin, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Equality.; Globalization.; Middle class;
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A world below / by King, Wesley.;
Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground.LSC
Subjects: School field trips; Earthquakes; Survival;
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The People's Choice. by George, Samuel,film director.; Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Bertelsmann Foundation Documentary Films in 2018.For much of the last 80 years, Mexico has been dominated by the same political party, which governed via corruption, sham elections, and brute force. In 2018, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador completed a shocking rise as leader of the new Morena party. What’s behind this new movement? Can it withstand the pressures of rampant corruption and political violence and bring about a new day in Mexico? Or will Morena just be more of the same in Mexican politics?From the badlands of Juarez to remote indigenous territories of Oaxaca, we track the rise of Morena, and what it means for the future of Mexican democracy.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Latin America.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Politicians.; Elections.;
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Copa 71 [videorecording] / by Ramsay, Rachel,film director,screenwriter.; Erskine, James,film director,screenwriter.; Chastain, Brandi,on-screen participant.; Morgan, Alex(Alexandra Patricia),1989-on-screen participant,film producer.; Williams, Serena,1981-on-screen participant,film producer.; Williams, Venus,1980-film producer.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Serena Williams, Brandi Chastain, Alex Morgan.The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women's World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed by more than 100,000 fans. This landmark tournament was dismissed by FIFA and written out of sports history - until now. COPA 71 weaves together dazzling archival footage and interviews with the former players.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Sports films.; Historical films.; Personal narratives.; Soccer players.; Soccer teams.; Female friendship.; Soccer; Women soccer players; Women athletes;
For private home use only.
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Endgame [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Rodriguez, Rico; Coll, Ivonne; Ramirez, Efren; Machado, Justina; Rodriguez, Valente;
Rico Rodriguez, Ivonne Coll, Efren Ramirez, Justina Machado, Valente Rodriguez.Since he was five years old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose finds himself in the spotlight and has the chance to use his skills as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals.MWT rating: NR.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Children's.; Children's films.; Family Films.;
© 2016., Shout! Factory,
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The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate / by Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From Bosnia to Baghdad -- The revenge of geography -- Herodotus and his successors -- The Eurasian map -- The Nazi distortion -- The Rimland thesis -- The allure of sea power -- The "crisis of room" -- The geography of European divisions -- Russia and the independent heartland -- The geography of Chinese power -- India's geographical dilemma -- The Iranian pivot -- The former Ottoman Empire -- Braudel, Mexico, and grand strategy.
Subjects: Political geography.;
© c2012., Random House,
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Endgame [videorecording] / by Avila, Sandra,film producer.; Brennan, Cassie,actor.; Bulgarelli, Francisco.; Cobb, Jamie.; Coll, Ivonne,1947-actor.; Delara, Youssef.; Gonzalez, Xavier,actor.; Gries, Jon,1957-actor.; Herrera, Alina,actor.; Machado, Justina,1972-actor.; Marron, Carmen.; Ramirez, Efren,1973-actor.; Rodriguez, Rico,1998-actor.; Rodriguez, Valente,actor.; Salinas, Hector,screenwriter.; Standefer, Brian,composer.; Avila Entertainment,production company.; Late Bloomer Productions,presenter.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.; Sparkhope Productions,production company.;
Music, Brian Standefer ; editors, Jamie Cobb, Youssef Delara ; director of photography, Francisco Bulgarelli.Rico Rodriguez, Ivonne Coll, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Justina Machado, Valente Rodriguez, Cassie Brennan, Xavier Gonzalez, Alina Herrera.Since he was five years old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose finds himself in the spotlight and has the chance to use his skills as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals.G.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Chess players; Students;
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Witchcraft [videorecording] : myths and legends / by National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.); National Geographic Television.;
In the modern world, witchcraft and witches are dismissed as fantasies, but in many cultures, magic is alive and its practitioners admired and feared. Join National Geographic on a quest to find the stories behind the myths and legends of witchcraft. Along the way, meet an anthropologist who became a believer in Mexico and a 'witch cleanser' in Zimbabwe.E.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1; widescreen presentation, 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Magic.; Warlocks.; Witchcraft.; Witches.;
© c2011., National Geographic,
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Here comes the garbage barge! / by Winter, Jonah,1962-; Red Nose Studio.;
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo."Ages 4-8"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal; Barges; Voyages and travels;
© c2010., Schwartz & Wade Books,
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The Cost of a Hostage A Lane Winslow Mystery [electronic resource] : by Whishaw, Iona.aut; CloudLibrary;
The latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertaining” sees Lane trekking through Mexico while the team back in Nelson pursue an open and shut and then open again kidnapping. It’s a slow August morning in King’s Cove. Lane has a book to read and a lawn that needs mowing. At the Nelson Police Station her husband, Inspector Darling, and his team are tidying their desks during a rare lull. Then Lane receives a call with news that Darling’s brother Bob has gone missing from a mining camp in Mexico and the police station is visited by the frantic mother of a boy kidnapped from his bedroom. From bustling Mexico City, through the desert and into the mountain range beyond, Darling and Lane’s search for Bob puts them out of the realm of the law and at the mercy of a local bandido. Meanwhile Lane is certain she’s recognized someone from her past she’d rather forget. Back in the Kootenays, both kidnapper and kid turn up across the lake in Creston and it appears to be case closed—until a body is found mangled in the paddlewheel of a ferry boat. Plans for Ames’s wedding are taking shape, and Terrell’s favourite soon-to-be police officer April has a chance to prove her mettle. The latest Winslow mystery questions the roles of men and women, husbands and wives, and of course a certain police inspector and King’s Cove’s resident sleuth.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth; Cozy; Historical; Women Sleuths;
© 2025., TouchWood Editions,
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