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

A ball of hot money rolls around the world. It seeks anonymity and political refuge. It dodges taxes and sidesteps currency controls. It rolls through offshore

Conventional wisdom holds that all nations must repay debt. Regardless of the legitimacy of the regime that signs the contract, a country that fails to honor it

Insightful study that identifies the underlying factors contributing to countries continually accumulating immense debt

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