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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818656503321

Autore

Carmichael Isla

Titolo

Pension power : unions, pension funds, and social investment in Canada / / Isla Carmichael

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-282-02275-X

9786612022753

1-4426-7834-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

332.672540971

Soggetti

Pension trusts - Investments - Canada

Deferred compensation - Canada

Labor unions - Canada

Capital investments - Canada

Investments - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Kanada

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The 'Prudent Man' Rule and Maximum Rate of Return -- The Expansion of Capital Markets -- Shareholder Activism -- Unions, Social Investment, and Corporate Accountability -- Value, Capital Accumulation, and Radical Accounting -- Venture Capital, Economically Targeted Investment, and Economic Development -- Carpenters and Concert: Social Accounting Models -- Collingwood and Concert: Union and Community -- Two Models for Union Control of Pension Funds -- Education and Research -- Future Research.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Pension Power, Isla Carmichael argues that unions could - and should - have a new role to play in the economy by gaining control over their members' pension funds. She demonstrates how the financial



industry's access to the capital goes against the interests of working people, and she provides convincing evidence that management of pensions by unions would offer better protection of employee benefits and greater investment in community infrastructure and the environment."--Jacket