contENTs

Cover story

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Regulars

Editorial Liam Kennedy

Letters On the web

Snapshots The world in struggle – pictures

The Spark Colin Prescod

Keywords Alienation

And roses too Siobhán McGuirk

The last word Simon Hedges

Debtors united Interview: Jayati Ghosh on

the growing debt crisis and confronting financial capital

Gender justice Women take the shock

The colonial-corporate debt trap Tying countries in the global

south to an economic model that limits their development

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The cost of clothes Bangladesh’s cheap

and dispossessed labour

Investing in jobs Deal with public

debt by creating well-paid, skilled work

Free from debt David Graeber

découpé

Credit due Saving

debt advice services

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Cover illustration by Istvan David davidistvan.com

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