Book of Donmon Teith

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

How have the most influential political economists of the past three centuries theorized about sovereign borrowing and shaped its now widespread use? That impor

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

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