Books In 5 (Pavan Sodhan)

More and more of the Canadian economy is dominated by a handful of huge companies that control what we buy, how we work, and which other businesses can or can’t thrive.

In this episode of Books in 5, the authors of the book The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians join us to examine and reflect on the harmful consequences of monopoly power in Canada and what can be done to achieve better outcomes for consumers, the market and society at large.

The future of Canada’s economy is up for grabs, and The Big Fix shows how the country can achieve a more innovative, productive, and livable economy for all Canadians.

Vass Bednar is the executive director of McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program. Her work focuses on the intersections between policy and the innovation ecosystem. She is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and writes the popular newsletter “regs to riches."

Denise Hearn is an author, applied researcher, and advisor focused on how economic power and paradigms shape our world. She is a resident senior fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment at Columbia University. Denise co-authored The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, named a Financial Times best book of 2018.

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Get ready for Books In 5, the podcast where knowledge meets storytelling.

In each 30-minute episode, we dive into the world of recently published books with some of the most fascinating and credible authors.

Hosted by a Pavan Sodhan, the show brings you insightful conversations designed to help you become more informed about the issues shaping our world.

Money has been a dynamic force that humanity has utilized for millennia but the societal transformations taking place in the present day with regard to finance, technology and business is truly breathtaking

In this episode of Books in 5, the author of book Money in the Twenty-First Century: Cheap, Mobile, and Digital joins us to explore the three modern forces that have redefined what "money" means, who controls it, and what the future of finance might look like.

The way that money will change in the decades to come will be enormously consequential and Money in the Twenty-First Century highlights what opportunities and challenges ahead.

Richard Holden is Professor of Economics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/money-in-the-twenty-first-century/hardcover

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Justin Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada for almost a decade with many consequential events and changes occurring in the country during his time in power.

In this episode of Books in 5, the author of book The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau join us to explore his family background and upbringing, his decision enter politics and become the leader of the Liberal Party, his 3 successful election campaigns, the challenges he faced as PM and what his legacy will be.

Justin Trudeau is a enormously consequential leader in Canadian history and The Prince highlights his life story, his priorities and his policies

Stephen Maher has been writing about Canadian politics since 1989. As a columnist and investigative reporter for Postmedia News, iPolitics, and Maclean’s, he has often set the agenda on Parliament Hill, covering political corruption, electoral wrongdoing, misinformation, and human rights abuses. He has also won many awards, including the Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, the Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism, the National Newspaper Award, two Canadian Association of Journalism Awards, a Canadian Hillman Prize, and has been nominated for several National Magazine Awards.

https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Prince/Stephen-Maher/9781668024492

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