Tag Archives: consumer debt

In Memoriam David Graeber: How Debt Has Come to Shape Humanity

Over the last 5,000 years, what has made the concept of debt so strangely powerful?

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President Elizabeth Warren: An Angela Merkel in the Making?

Will 2016 finally bring the arrival of a woman in the Oval Office? How about somebody other than Hillary Clinton?

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Ronald Reagan’s Raw Deal for America

What’s “patriotic” about cutting taxes for the rich — and “empowering” the middle class by letting it pile up mountains of debt?

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Why the IMF Is Still Needed

At a time of great turmoil in the financial markets, what is the IMF’s analytical record?

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