If one thing became apparent out of 5+ yrs of austerity & protests, is that debt relief is necessary against predation, not just for Greece.
-
-
-
"Spain’s personal insolvency laws trap people in a cycle of debt with no real prospect of a fresh start" https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/judith-sunderland/pensioner%E2%80%99s-plight-highlights-spain%E2%80%99s-housing-rights-crisis …
-
Ripping Off Young America: The College-Loan Scandal http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ripping-off-young-america-the-college-loan-scandal-20130815 … astonishingly brazen, indenturing an entire generation
-
Another glaringly apparent thing now: w.o challenging the austerity narrative, you can't even get the institutions to acknowledge reality
-
Economists were sounding clarion calls for debt relief for yrs. Why did we have to reach this precarious stage for the IMF to fess up?
-
The archetypal country mired in debt since its independence is Haiti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_debt_of_Haiti … https://globalsouth12.wordpress.com/an-unending-debt/ …
-
Interestingly enough, ancient Athens didn't just develop democracy, but also a way out of the debt/slavery trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seisachtheia …
-
Another historical curio: "Speculators in London skimmed off two 1824-5 loans" to fight the Greek Independence War http://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2011/09/28/debt-defaults-have-greek-history/ …
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@asteris σύμφωνοι, το βάρος του χρέους είναι ο βασικός μοχλός πίεσης- αλλά η ιστορία Αστέρη δε γίνεται για το χρέος αυτή τη στιγμή. -
@gernsback γίνεται για παραδειγματισμό κατά της απόκλισης απ' τις κυρίαρχες πολιτικέςhttps://twitter.com/asteris/status/616944120620285952 … -
@asteris και πάλι σου λέω, όλο αυτό που συμβαίνει αυτή τη στιγμή δεν γίνεται γαι το χρέος (ή, αν θες, *μόνο* για το χρέος) -
@gernsback μα δεν διαφώνησα επ' αυτού (εντός παρενθέσεως). -
@asteris το θέμα πρέπει να λυθεί άμεσα, το χρέος είναι μια μακροπρόθεσμη απειλή. Η ρήξη γίνεται για άλλους λόγους.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.