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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCOP27 is an opportunity for low-income countries to demand debt cancellation
OPINION: Wealthy countries’ response to the Global South’s debt crisis has been poor. Is it time for a debt strike?
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Published in: Home: NewsOfgem won’t publish probe into how energy firms fail people in debt
Watchdog found problems with the way 16 suppliers treated the public – three of them ‘severe’
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Published in: Home: News‘Destitution’ warning as DWP rejects calls to pause benefit deductions
Charity warns two million children are affected by decision to keep taking money out of already-inadequate payments
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow US student debt forgiveness exposed the Christian Right’s hypocrisy
Where were the calls to avoid ‘sacralizing policy’ when it was abortion being debated? Or LGBTIQ+ rights?
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Published in: Home: NewsSunak’s jobs scheme left young people in debt and failed to vet employers
Exclusive: Under-25s were treated like ‘free bodies’ under the government’s £1.9bn Kickstart project
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Published in: Home: OpinionTo ‘level up’, the UK needs a real jubilee: a mass write-off of debts
Even before cost of living crisis, the poor owed the government – or, the Crown – £16bn. Why not just write it off?
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Published in: ourEconomyZimbabwe citizens demand accountability from government over debt in a landmark high court ruling
Crippling debt and endemic corruption are all too familiar stories, but the ruling marks a small victory in the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy the G20’s failure on debt cancellation is bad news for women
World leaders have put wealthy creditor interests before debt justice, further jeopardising women’s rights.
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Published in: ourEconomyZimbabwe's odious debts
At a time when the country is grappling with COVID-19 and acute droughts, can debt cancellation save its economy?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIn the midst of the pandemic, why is the IMF still pushing austerity on the Global South?
Despite its own warnings, the International Monetary Fund is risking another ‘lost decade’ for development.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFormerly colonized people can’t breathe. And the IMF and World Bank are to blame
It’s time for a #FeministBailout based not on profit-maximization but care, respect for eco-systems, and solidarity.
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Published in: ourEconomyBad debts make good profits - but what are the social costs?
The financialisation of non-performing loans across Europe raises grave concerns over debtors rights.
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Published in: ourEconomyMicrofinance has been a nightmare for the global south. Sri Lanka shows that there is an alternative
Women’s groups and the co-operative movement are leading the way out of the debt trap.
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Published in: TransformationMarkets of the mind
Debt and guilt have much in common. It’s time we found better ways of organising both ourselves and the economy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPrivatising the Royal Mail will make it more expensive for them to borrow
The UK government says it is selling off the Royal Mail to allow it to borrow and invest in its future. Yet it would...