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The Coming First World Debt Crisis

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Ann Pettifor
    Pages 1-25
  3. Costless Money and Costly Credit

    • Ann Pettifor
    Pages 56-83
  4. Easy Credit: Costly Debts

    • Ann Pettifor
    Pages 84-107
  5. Moneytheism and Lawless Finance

    • Ann Pettifor
    Pages 120-144
  6. Debtonation? When and Why will it Happen?

    • Ann Pettifor
    Pages 145-162
  7. Things Don’t Have to be This Way

    • Ann Pettifor
    Pages 163-181
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 182-190

About this book

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 debt crisis and exploring the implications of high international indebtedness for governments, corporations, households, individuals and the ecosystem.

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'This insightful book examines how the current international trade in goods and finance that is making the rich richer and the poor poorer and threatens ecosystem and societal collapse is no accident.' - Jonathan Essex, Green World

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eBook USD 89.00
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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