Economist Michael Roberts assesses the relationship between global development and debt.
Tag: Debt
Winning Debt Justice through collective action
No-one should be forced into debt. Yet government policies have created an economy based on precarious low-paid work and a weak welfare system.
Positive steps but no spending commitments – International Development at Labour’s NPF
"The topic of international debt had not appeared in initial policy proposals, and left members of the NPF successfully argued for language around debt cancellation to be included."
Deeper than ever, the crisis leaves capitalism out of breath – CADTM interview with Eric Toussaint
"Since 1945, there has never been a crisis on such a scale and with so many facets as the current crisis. The ecological crisis and its climate dimension are on a scale never seen before" - an in-depth interview political scientist Eric Toussaint.
A global debt disaster is on the horizon – Michael Roberts
The continual exploitation of the labour of the global south, through multi-national companies and financial institutions, has created a looming debt disaster. Analysis from Michael Roberts.
From Lebanon to Sri Lanka through Latin America and Egypt: Public debt today and in the history of capitalism
In-depth: An interview with historian and political scientist Éric Toussaint on international debt and it's use in progressing an extractavist agenda across the globe.