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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results78 Connexions Library6 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 3 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe ABCs of the Economic Crisis: What Working People Need to Know  Magdoff, Fred; Yates, Michael D. Book 2009 Rich, powerful people created the economic crisis of 2008-09, while hundreds of millions of working people suffer the consequences -- lost homes, lost jobs, rising insecurity, and falling living stand... The Age of Finance Capital -- and the Irrelevance of Mainstream Economics Hossein-Zadeh, Ismail Article 2015 Despite the fact that the manufacturers of ideas have elevated economics to the (contradictory) levels of both a science and a religion, a market theodicy, mainstream economics does not explain much w... An Alternative for SYRIZA Achilleas and Eleni Article 2015 In order to regain sovereignty, a country has to exit not only the EZ, if a member, but the EU itself. Liberated from the noose of the EU treaties and regulations, Greek people will have the freedom t... Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-capitalism McNally, David Book 2002 A call-to-arms for progressive activists. McNally argues that capitalism is synonymous with imperialism and fundamentally incompatible with democracy. Anticapitalism and Climate Justice Vivas, Esther Article 2010 The current crisis raises the urgent need to change the world from below and do so from an anticapitalist and radical eco-socialist perspective. Anticapitalism and climate justice are two struggles wh... Auditing the Greek Debt: Unity of Place, Time, and Action Toussaint, Eric Article 2015 The recent debt currently being claimed presents features that make it irregular, illegitimate, illegal, unsustainable, and even odious. Allegedly Greek debts that were accumulated before 2010 were al... Beautiful Trouble - Pocket Edition: A Toolbox for Revolution Boyd, Andrew; Mitchell, Dave Oswald (eds.) Book 2014 Ideas for organizers. Behind the Money Curtain: A Left Take on Taxes, Spending and Modern Monetary Theory Kavanagh, Jim Article 2018 Taxes do not fund government spending.That's a core insight of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) whose radical implications have not been understood very well by the left. Indeed, it's not well understood ... Bleeding the Patient: The Debt/Deficit Hoax Exposed Article 1993 An edited transcript of a four-hour discussion held by nine progressive political economists. Discusses the hysteria around the government debt-deficit issue and the difficulty in developing counter-a... Bubbles Always Burst: the Education of an Economist Hudson, Michael Article 2015 Spouting ostensible free market ideology, the pro-creditor mainstream rejects what the classical economic reformers actually wrote. One is left to choose between central planning by a public bureaucra... Burdened with Debt Reloaded: The Politics ofr Devaluation Article 2012 A series of defensive and sectional struggles at workplaces in the private sector reveal that the Greek industrial capital has already taken advantage of the new institutional framework of the “state ... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Das Capital, Volume 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Marx, Karl Book 1867 Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, ... Chicken Game: Eurocrisis, Again.: Washington vs. Berlin Sciortino, Raffaele Article 2012 How does one take an autonomous position against the European policies of social butchery without falling into nationalist, anti-German nostalgia or into rhetoric against “Anglo-Saxon speculation”? Ho... Close the IMF, Abolish Debt and End Development: A Class Analysis of the International Debt Crisis Cleaver, Harry Article 1996 The struggle for repudiation of the debt must be organized internationally and demand not only the collective refusal of debt but cooperation in developing policies to cope with possible reprisals an... The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume I: Economic Writings 1 Luxemburg, Rosa (Edited by Peter Hudis Book 2013 This first volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg's most important statements on the globalization of capital, wage labour, imperialism, an... Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Library: Economy, Poverty, Work Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the economy and economics. Dealing with credit card debt guide: A short guide to help you deal with credit card debt, as consumer debt in the UK continues to spiral Article 2006 You don’t need to work for the Financial Times to realise that credit card debt is getting well out of hand. Ten years ago hardly anyone had one. Now there are 91 million credit and debit cards in the... Debt Bondage Or Self-Reliance: A Popular Perspective on the Global Debt Crisis Book 1985 Describes the effects of international debt on workers, the unemployed, and peasants who neither asked for or benefit from such debt. It describes the growing number of people's movements in Canada an... Debt: The First 5000 Years Graeber, David Book 2011 Graeber traces the history of debt from ancient societies to modern economic crises, arguing that debt has often driven revolutions and social and political change. The Debt Trap : The International Monetary Fund and the Third World Payer, Cheryl Book Details the history of the first thirty years of the system of aid and credit in which the IMF is the keystone.
The Deficit is No Accident Article 1997 The deficit and national debt were created intentionally by politicians of both parties, to destroy social programs which give working people some protection against unrestrained corporate power Democracy's Oxygen: How Corporations Control the News Winter, James Book 1997 Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informated, news organizations manufacture publi... The Earthscan Action Handbook Litvinoff, Miles Book 1990 A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action. Euro Banks vs. Greek Labor: Varoufakis is Proposing Austerity on the Banking Class Hudson, Michael; Peries, Sharmini Article 2015 Interview with Michael Hudson, professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City about the current economic situation of Greece. Europe's New Road to Serfdom: Trichet Threatens Greece with Iron Heel Hudson, Michael Article 2011 The conditios for Greece's new loan package is that Greece must initiate a class war by raising its taxes, lowering its social spending – and even private-sector pensions – and sell off public land, t... EuroZone Profiteers: How German and French Banks Helped Bankrupt Greece Chatterjee, Pratap Article 2015 We should be clear: almost none of the huge amount of money loaned to Greece has actually gone there, says Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank and a Nobel Prize winner in economi... Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite Levine, Bruce E. Book 2011 Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, ener... Greece: A no vote against blackmail: Now is not the time for academic debates. It is time for struggle Red Network Article 2015 Our response to the blackmail of the lenders is that the struggle against austerity will not be governed by concerns about the euro system or by the consent of the rulers of Europe. the response shoul... Greece again Can Save the West Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2015 The 'Greek crisis' is not about debt. Debt is the propaganda that the Empire is using to subdue sovereignty throughout the Western world. The Greek Debt Crisis and Crashing Markets: A New Mode of Warfare Article 2015 Greece has indeed become an example. But it is an example of the horror that the eurozone's monetarists seek to impose on one economy after another, using debt as a lever to force privatization sellof... Greek Debt and the New Financial Imperialism Rasmus, Jack Article 2016 Describes how the Greek goverment is forced to extract income and wealth from its workers and small businesses resulting in a new form of financial imperialism that smaller states and economies, plann... The History of Costa Rica Molina, Ivan; Palmer, Steven Book 1998 An overview of Costa Rican history with an emphasis on how Costa Ricans have been able to make their own history, "though they do not make it just as they choose." The Housing Mess: Against The Current vol. 135 Prins, Nomi Article 2008 Despite recent CNBC and MSNBC media hosts suggesting we may be at the ‘bottom’ of the housing market crisis, and Market Watch June 3rd commentary headlines like “Housing market may turn more quickly t... How Europe cancelled Germany's debt in 1953 Article 2015 The 1953 London Debt Accords show that European leaders know how to resolve a debt crisis in the interests of justice and recovery. Article discusses four key lessons for Greece's debt crisis today. Jubilee 2000 Chomsky, Noam Article 1998 Asserting that debt is a social and ideological construct, not a simple economic fact, Chomsky examines various qualifications for the Jubilee 2000 that called for international debt cancellation. Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy Hudson, Michael Book 2015 In Killing the Host, economist Michael Hudson exposes how finance, insurance, and real estate (the FIRE sector) have seized control of the global economy at the expense of industrial capitalism and go... Markets Gone Mad Whitney, Mike Article 2015 Until recently, stocks had been on a tear that pushed valuations into the stratosphere. Volatility stayed low because Bernanke's easy money and QE made investors more placid, serene and mellow. They v... A Marxist History of the World part 105: The 2008 Crash: from bubble to black hole Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The financial crisis represents the end of an era in which greed and casino-madness had been given free rein by market deregulation and rising debt. A Marxist History of the World part 106: The Second Great Depression Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Four years after the beginning of the crisis, the neoliberal elite is trapped by the contradictions of the system on which its wealth depends. Microfinance or Debt Trap? What the Poor Don't Know Qazi, Moin Article 2018 Qazi's article outlines how poorly designed microfinance initiatives harm rather than help low income borrowers. The Missing News: Filters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press Hackett, Robert A.; Gruneau, Richard; with Donald Gutstein, Timothy A. Gibson and Newswatch Canada Book 2000 Asks a number of questions, including: How well do the news media filter reality, for what purposes, through what processes and in whose interests? How do newspapers and TV stations choose what news i... The Money Crisis: How bankers grabbed our money -- and how we can get it back Stalker, Peter Book 2015 A historical analysis exposing the flaws in the system that led to financial crisis. The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy in Southern Africa Saul, John S. Book 2005 An indispensable guide to understanding how the resources of that era can be used to contribute to real liberation for the region and for the continent of Africa as a whole. Obama's "We Got No Money" Rap : Why It Augurs a Sinister Banksters' End Game Whitney, Mike Article 2009 Obama is deliberately precipitating another crisis on the advise of his chief lieutenants. Summers and Geithner are steering the economy back into recession so they can implement the same austerity me... Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Thirld World's Environmental Legacy Adams, Patricia Book 1991 Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 3, 2015: Greece and thd debt crisis Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Our spotlight this issue is on the debt crisis facing Greece. To understand the crisis, one has to look beyond the mainstream media to alternative sources of information. We've done that, with article... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 8, 2015: Elections Diemer, Ulli (editor); Richwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Elections are the topic of the week, with items related to the October 19 Canadian federal election, and also to broader issues of parliamentary democracy, voting and whether voting can bring about ch... Parasites in the Body Economic: the Disasters of Neoliberalism Hudson, Michael Article 2015 Michael Hudson discusses his new book, "Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy." A People's Manifesto: Let's Roll Back Austerity and Claim Real Democracy!: Urgent common priorities for a democratic, social, ecological and feminist Europe Article 2013 Europe stands on the edge of a precipice, looking into the abyss. Austerity policies drive the peoples of Europe into poverty, undercut democracy and dismantle social policies. Rising inequalities end... Puerto Rico's default is fine, as long as Wall Street is repaid Roos, Jerome Article 2015 On August 1, 2015, Puerto Rico defaulted on part of its enormous $72 billion debt, paying back only $628,000 on a relatively small $58 million loan that was due at the start of the month. The default,... The Seven Laws of Money Phillips, Michael Book 1974 A book that tells you how to live with money; how to get it, care for it, forget about it. Shooting the Hippo: Death by Deficit and Other Canadian Myths McQuaig, Linda Book 1995 An examination of how economic policies systematically favour the interests of the rich while pretending to be for the common good. The Silent Revolution in Africa: Debt, Development and Democracy Cheru, Fantu Book 1990 Cheru ascribes the crisis in Africa to its origins as export-led development rather than the natural factors such as drought and famine. He praises the evolution of ordinary Africans opting out of the... Socialist Register 1992: Volume 28: New World Order? Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press: Volume V Number 3 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the mos... Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press - September 1977: Volume V Number 7 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the mos... The Third World Debt: The Comforts of Newspaper Pie Gardiner, David Article 1991 Canadians are unaffected by the Third World, since most of it arrives in the form of newspaper headlines. 21 States Will Take Away Your Driver's License If You Can't Pay Your College Loans, But Activists Are Fighting Back: A grassroots project in Montana is a blueprint for activism across the country Arria, Michael Article 2015 Thanks to the work of local organizers pressuring lawmakers, Montana residents will no longer have their drivers licenses suspended if they fall behind on their student loan payments. This April, a Mo... Wall Street and the Greek Financial Crisis Hudson, Michael; Black, Bill Article 2015 Michael Hudson and Bill Black zero in on some of the key elements of the crisis. They point out that it is not really 'Greece', let alone the Greek people, who have contracted this debt and who have b... We Can't Save the Economy Unless We Fix Our Debt Addiction Hudson, Michael Article 2016 Our economy has increasingly been financialized, and the result is a sluggish economy and stagnant wages. We need to decide whether to stop the cycle and save the economy at large, or to stay in thral... What austerity has done to Greek healthcare: "What I witnessed appalled me - and brought tears to my eyes" Irvine, Louise Article 2015 The shocking 'austerity'-imposed destruction of Greece's once proud healthcare system is a key reason Greeks have turned to Syriza, finds London GP Louise Irvine in an eye witness account. World Debt: Who is to Pay? Schatan, Jacobo Book 1987 The solution of the debt crisis cannot lie in reducing interest rates or juggling exchange rates. As this book shows, merely servicing the swelling mountain of debt means a relentless increase in the ... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesCenter for Global Development An independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active enga... Chomsky.info The Noam Chomsky Web site.
Corporate Watch Corporate Watch is a not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism. Since 1996 our research, journalism, analysis an... LindaMcQuaig.com The website of writer Linda McQuaig.
New Internationalist New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryThe Millionaire Moron Strimaitis, Adam UK urged to prevent vulture funds preying on world's poorest countries Campaigners demand Jersey legal loophole be closed as financiers seek $100m from the DRC Palast, Greg; O'Kane, Maggie; Madlena, Chavala 2011 Britain is being urged to help close down a legal loophole that lets financiers known as "vulture funds" use courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world's poorest countries... Vulture funds await Jersey decision on poor countries' debts 26 companies hope to double $1bn haul Palast, Greg; O'Kane, Maggie; Madlena, Chavala 2011 Pressure grows to end trade that has made $1bn for speculators but has been blamed for delaying recovery of war-torn countries. From the Connexions ArchivesNew Internationalist Serial Publication (Periodical) New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. |
