Roots of the Economic Crisis: Critical Perspectives
This workshop explores alternative interpretations of the current economic crisis. The presentations are from organized labour, community activists and academics. The focus of this workshop is critical engagement, discussion and debate. Presentations by Andrew Jackson, Toby Sanger and Justin Paulson. Watch video »
Ottawa – 29 October 2009. Facilitator: Carlo Fanelli.
This workshop explores alternative interpretations of the current economic crisis. The presentations are from organized labour, community activists and academics. The focus of this workshop is critical engagement, discussion and debate. Questions addressed include: How have various perspectives analyzed and understood the roots of the current economic crisis? Is there something fundamentally unsound about the current political-economic structure? Is the current crisis to be located within a set of recently established policies, or better understood over the long-term historical development of capitalism? How have the policy prescriptions and ideological rationales shifted over the years? And, more ambitiously, where do we go from here?
- Andrew Jackson – is the National Director, Social and Economic Policy, with the Canadian Labour Congress.
- Toby Sanger – is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
- Justin Paulson – is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University.
