The Politics of Debt brings together philosophers, political scientists, and economists and sets them the task of reflecting on the political role played by deb

Combining a discussion of the multi-layered European and global North-South divide with an effort to retrieve alternatives to the dominant divisive use of debt

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

How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries—and the dangers this poses to democracy The European debt crisis has rekindled

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