Can't pay, won't pay : the case for economic disobedience and debt abolition / Debt Collective ; foreword by Astra Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Debt Collective, author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Astra, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debt relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2020]

Summary:

"Debtors have been mocked, scolded, and lied to for decades. We have been told that it is perfectly normal to go into debt to get medical care, to go to school, or even to pay for our own incarceration. We've been told there is no way to change an economy that pushes the majority of people into debt while a small minority hoards wealth and power. Debtors of the world must unite. As isolated individuals, debtors have little influence. But as a bloc, we can leverage our debts and devise new tactics to challenge the corporate creditor class and help win reparative, universal public goods. Individually, our debts overwhelm us. But together, our debts can make us powerful"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

You are not a loan: recognizing our power in the age of debt

How did we get here?: financialization from Haiti to the household

Debt strike: cities, countries, empires

Disrupting dystopia: algorithmic extraction and digital redlining

The future of finance: economic disobedience and reparative public good.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781642593822

1642593826