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Jun 2023
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A new Third World debt crisis? The need ...

Ben Norton
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Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss the growing debt crisis in the Global South and the need for forgiveness and system change. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-uxyjIFqi4o&feature=youtu.be Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/22/third-world-debt-crisis-ann-pettifor You can watch other episodes of ... Show More
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