{"product_id":"9781459723627","title":"Stalled: Jump-Starting the Canadian Economy","description":"For the fifty years following the Second World War, Canada enjoyed a period of spectacular economic growth — the economy quadruple in size and the living standard of most Canadians steadily improved. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  However, in the years since, Canada has suffered from economic stagnation. Businesses keep closing, and Canadians find it harder to get and keep a good job. Increasingly, Canadians have relied on consumer debt to help mask the underlying problems, but for many even that temporary form of relief is no longer an option.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eStalled,\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Hlinka explains what drove Canada's five-decade expansion \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e what has put us in the rut we're currently in. He also shows that there are solutions for Canada as a country and for individual Canadians, and that we can get out of the rut we're in if we start doing the things that once made us great. \u003ci\u003eStalled\u003c\/i\u003e shows how.","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125648179440,"sku":"9781459723627","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459723627_p0.jpg?v=1763878180","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459723627","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}