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Women sift stones for building material at the abandoned slagheap of the Chinese-owned Luanshya Copper Mine, in Kitwe, Zambia. ​​​​​​​Credit: Joerg Boethling/Alamy 

Debt crises are back with a vengeance as the dollar goes from strength to strength and interest rates rise. As the...

Global action: Activists in London demand that G7  leaders cancel the debt of the countries in the Global  South, on 26 June 2022.  VUK VALCIC/ALAMY

Danny Chivers reports on the movements making links between international debt and the climate crisis in a...

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As the World Bank and IMF sound the alarm on debts driven sky high by Covid-19 in some of the world’s poorest nations,...

A pedestrian wearing a face mask, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past posters on the street that read "No to the payment of the debt. Break with the IMF", in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

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Since the early 2000s, Argentina has been forced into a cycle of debt and austerity. Nick Dearden presents...

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Clueless central banks? A trade war? Southern debt overload? Leading economists including Jayati Ghosh, ...

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Ten years after the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, Yohann Koshy takes stock of what...

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For Martin Jacques, 2008 represented the end of the Western-dominated financial system and the beginning of...

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We need debt management not reduction, says Dinyar Godrej.

This article is almost eight years old.

Petros Diveris asks when money became more important than democracy.

This article is almost eight years old.

Greeks need solutions now, not more political wrangling, writes Carl Packman.

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Susan George tells a story that's beyond belief.

This article is almost nine years old.

The UN wants to stop billionaire speculators forcing indebted nations like Argentina into default. Britain, the US and Germany...

This article is almost ten years old.

The actions of creditors are key to debt crises, argues Dinyar Godrej.

This article is almost ten years old.

At any given time countries both owe debts and have them owing to them. Who owes what and what's the bigger crisis – foreign...

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As the creditors get fatter, the innocent are punished. Susan George laments a leadership subservient to big...

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The Private Finance Initiative threatens Britain’s schools and hospitals, writes Kerry-anne Mendoza.

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