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The North’s Economy: The Trade Union View |
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Written by Ian Fitzgerald and John Stirling
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
Economics has often been referred to as ‘the dismal science’ and it is certain that the story of the Northern Region’s economy has made for dismal reading for many years now. This Report was commissioned by the North Regional TUC to inform its own analysis and argument by drawing on the knowledge and experience of senior trade unionists to examine their perceptions of the key economic problems and the strategies necessary to transform the Regional economy.
As the TUC has suggested nationally in relation to Regional economic problems:
"The solution is not to try to make every regional economy like those of south eastern England, nor is it to flood the pockets of poverty with make-work schemes. The solution is complex, multifaceted and involves the redistribution of resources and a genuine transfer of power." (TUC July 2002 Half the World Away)
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