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THIS IS NOT A CREDIT CRISIS – IT IS A DEBT CRISIS

Economic Affairs, 2009
Using an analogy with ancient Babylonia as its leading theme, this viewpoint argues that the credit crisis is the symptom of an underlying problem. Fuelled by government policies, unprecedented debt levels were run up in industrialised countries over the last quarter century.
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Debt Crisis and Debt Relief

Irish Theological Quarterly, 2005
The external and internal causes of the present international debt crisis are analysed before the author takes up the moral issues involved in debt relief, which are somewhat more complex than is usually assumed in pubic discourse.
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The Debt Crisis

1998
How can international trade be paid for? Why are LDCs in debt? Why did Latin America suffer a ‘lost decade’ after 1982? Why was Africa’s income per head no higher in 1990 than in the 1960s? Is ‘aid’ likely to improve the position of LDCs?
Gareth Rees, Charles Smith
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The Climate Crisis Is a Debt Crisis

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2013
The climate crisis is intimately related to the debt crisis. First, developed nations owe a climate debt to developing nations, meaning extra space under the emissions limits to develop the former’s economies. Second, the need to restrict emissions means that growth-based solutions to the debt crisis cannot stand.
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The Debt Crisis of the 1980s

2023
This book offers a novel account of the debt crisis which hit many developing countries, between 1982 and 1989. Its strong interdisciplinary approach brings together the financial, political and legal dimensions. It will be of major interest for those interested in the economic history of post-WWII decades, sovereign debt in general and financial ...
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The Debt Crisis as Crisis of Democracy

Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2012
This is a commentary on the debt crisis and its impact on the relationship between politics and the state in the US and Europe. Democratic institutions of the state face a crisis of legitimacy. They are not trusted to deliver radical transformations in the orientation of liberal capitalism.
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Debt Crisis

The Elgar Companion to Development Studies is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and practical ...
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The debt crisis and the crisis of global regulation

Geoforum, 1988
Abstract This paper reviews a series of proposals for dealing with the debt crisis. It also considers the economic philosophies which underpin contrasting proposals. Three main schools of thought are reviewed. Section 2 considers the views of the system-stability theorists (including Beenstock and Cline).
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Debt and Imperialism: Perspectives on the Debt Crisis

1993
For those interested in international development linkages, the foregoing statement by the World Bank is reminiscent of the adage reporting a successful operation and a dead patient. International banking may have become more secure, but the role of foreign equity in the vital task of facilitating growth and development in the Third World is ...
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Euro Crisis or Debt Crisis? [PDF]

, 2010
The public debt crisis is not limited to Greece or to the Euro area but includes several developed economies. Thus, suggesting that the Eurozone is undergoing a currency crisis or is in danger of disintegration is not the right diagnosis. However, if prudent fiscal policies, fiscal discipline and far-reaching structural reforms are not undertaken soon,
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