Economic decisions are too important to be left to economists. That’s the big lesson I’m taking away the GDP Project as I clean out my desk and prepare to move on.
It’s been a year to remember – documenting the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes as it plays out in communities across Canada. Before I [...]
August 30th 2010 No Comments
Parting shots
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February 5th 2010 No Comments
An auto-worker speaks
We start a new story this Friday Feb 5 on GDP – featuring a couple from Oshawa, in the Durham region of Ontario – an area that’s been hit hard by massive job losses in the auto sector.
Thanks to Connie Snelgrove and the team at Oshawa’s CAW Community Action for introducing us to [...]
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November 25th 2009 No Comments
Raj Patel: family farms get shafted
While researching issues related to our FARM story, I’ve come across the interesting work of Raj Patel – scholar, activist and the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
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August 20th 2009 1 Comment
Gaming on people’s lives
While riding the underground train today, I picked up a free newspaper. On one of the last pages, in the real estate section, a newswire article mentioned the release of a brand new online game called Mortgage Meltdown.
Believe it or not, in my first break at work, I tried it out. People who know me [...]
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