The global economy has experienced four waves of rapid debt accumulation over the past 50 years. The first three debt waves ended with financial crises in many

This book analyzes public debt from a political, historical, and global perspective. It demonstrates that public debt has been a defining feature in the constru

In this book, Ann Pettifor examines the issues of debt affecting the 'first world' or OECD countries, looking at the history, politics and ethics of the coming

Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct “free-mar