Allison Corkery Adrian Falco Ammar Rashid Andrés Chiriboga Benjamin Lemoine Carolyn Sissoko Christy Thornton Crystal Simeoni Fareen Parvez Gilad Isaacs Giorgio Jackson Hannah Appel Hazel Birungi Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker Ignacio Saiz Ingrid H. Kvangraven Jalahan Amara Jakema Jayati Ghosh Joan Chaker (Public Works Studio) John N. Robinson III Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky Katharina Pistor Leilani Farha Lidy Nacpil Martino Comelli Matthias Goldmann Melinda Cooper Miriam Brett Nicolás Cruz Tineo Nicholas Loubere Osama Diab Patricia Suárez Phil Mader Richard Kozul-Wright Rhiannon Davis Stephanie Blankenburg Stephan van der Merwe
We are writing a Blueprint for Debt Justice
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Debt as Power | Read now
A snapshot of the indebted world as a map of power. Debt today is too often the power to oppress and exploit. But, debt is also a source of collective power of debtors everywhere, and for governments to invest in their people.
- Debt as Colonialism By Joan Chaker for Public Works Studio
- Debt as Racial Capitalism By John Robinson III
- Debt as Surveillance By Nicholas Loubere
- Debt as Exploitation By Osama Diab
- Debt as Collective Strength By Philip Mader and Christy Thornton
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A Vision of Debt Justice | Read now
A comprehensive set of principles that define our vision of debt justice for the workers and peoples of the world.
- No Illegitimate Debt By Lidy Nacpil
- Rights Not Debts By Allison Corkery, Ignacio Saiz, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky
- Our Debt Is Not Your Profit By Adrian Falco
- Investment Not Extraction By Melinda Cooper
- No More Global Debt Inequalities By Jayati Ghosh and Ingrid Kvangraven
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A Debt Justice Agenda | Read now
An expansive policy agenda to deliver on the principles of debt justice set out in the previous section.
- Bail Out the People By Katharina Pistor
- Delete the Debt By Gilad Isaacs and Sonia Phalatse
- Take Back Our Institutions By Miriam Brett and Crystal Simeoni
- Socialize, Don’t Financialize By Fareen Parvez, Martino Comelli
- Democratize Finance By Thomas Marois
- Make Banking Cooperative By Carolyn Sissoko
- Pay Reparations and Redistribute Prosperity By Matthias Goldmann
- JUST PUBLISHED! Climate Justice Means Debt Justice By Tess Woolfenden and Jerome Phelps
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