Why are we selling off the impressive public enterprises we often battled as a nation to create?In the early 1900s, thousands of Canadians battled wealthy interests, winning control of Niagara Falls and creating a public power company. Another popular movement succeeded in creating Canada's public broadcasting system to counter American dominance of the airwaves. And a Canadian doctor established a publicly owned laboratory that saved countless lives by producing affordable medications, contributing to medical breakthroughs and helping to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.But in recent decades, we have allowed our inspiring public enterprises to be privatized and our vital public programs downsized, leaving us increasingly dominated by the forces of private greed that rule the marketplace.In The Sport and Prey of Capitalists, Linda McQuaig challenges the dogma of privatization, which has defined our political era. She argues that now more than ever, as we grapple with climate change and income inequality, we need to expand, not shrink, our public sphere.

IntroductionChapter One..... Justin Trudeau Meets the Smartest Guy on Wall StreetChapter Two..... The Worst Deal of the CenturyChapter Three.....The Thrill of Hearing Organ Music on a Train Crossing the PrairiesChapter Four....Niagara Falls, Berlin RisesChapter Five..... From Horse Barn to World Stage: The Connaught StoryChapter Six..... Driving Out the Loan Sharks: The Case for Public BankingChapter Seven..... Oil and the Search for Our Inner VikingChapter Eight..... The Triumph of the CommonsAcknowledgementsNotesIndex