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The Meltdown Chronicles - An Analytic Series on the Deterioration of Our Global Economic System
The Meltdown Chronicles is is series of publications analyzing the deterioration of our global economic system and its impacts on workers. Written by USW Canadian National Office researcher Kim Pollock, the series kicked off in November 2008 as the global economic crisis grew worse and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper assured Canadians that our economic fundamentals were "fine."
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#1 - November 2008
FINANCIAL STORM IN OCTOBER PROMISES A LONG COLD WINTER
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#2 - January 2009
WORKERS LEFT TO PAY FOR THE CRISIS THAT WASN'T
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#3 - February 2009
BUILDING THE BOOM, FINANCING THE CRASH: HOUSING THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#4 - February 16, 2009
THE FUNDAMENTALS ARE FINE? TELL THAT TO THE UNEMPLOYED
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#5 - March 2009
WHILE HARPER CLAIMED 'FUNDAMENTALS FINE", THINGS UNRAVELLED
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#6 - June 2009
STIMULUS SPENDING: DO WE NEED AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM?
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#7 - July 2009
CANADA'S SLIDE TOWARD DEFLATION UNDERSCORES NEED FOR STIMULUS
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#8 - SUMMER 2009
TINKERING AND 'TECHNICAL FIXES' CAN'T MEND A BROKEN ECONOMIC SYSTEM
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The Meltdown Chronicles
#9 - 15 JULY 2009
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE: A WORLD OF FEAR MEANS LOWER WAGES FOR ALL WORKERS
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