{"product_id":"the-sport-and-prey-of-capitalists-how-the-rich-are-stealing-canadas-public-wealth-9781459743663","title":"The Sport and Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada's Public Wealth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of how we as a nation collectively built promising national projects and are now selling them off to the rich.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the first century after Confederation, Canadians collectively created significant public enterprises and programs, including power plants, and transportation, communications, health care, and education systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But after a century as nation builders, we've spent recent decades downsizing or selling off our ambitious collective undertakings to private investors. This massive sell-off with more ahead has been done in the name of fiscal necessity and the alleged superiority of the private marketplace. In fact, the real driving force has been pressure from the corporate world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Linda McQuaig tells a sweeping tale of how Canada's public enterprises and programs were first developed often after major public battles and how powerful interests are now manoeuvring to get control of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459743663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Linda McQuaig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651768742044,"sku":"9781459743663","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ac62c9e4-bdb3-4a45-ac20-b963848e3f88.jpg?v=1603878313","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sport-and-prey-of-capitalists-how-the-rich-are-stealing-canadas-public-wealth-9781459743663","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}