The Debt Boomerang
How Third World Debt Harms Us All
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2020
Book
Hardback
202 pages
978-0-367-29116-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines six major 'Debt Connections'; six ways in which the third world 'Debt Boomerang' strikes the North as it flies back from the South: environmental destruction, drugs, costs to taxpayers, lost jobs and markets, immigration pressures, and heightened conflict and war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 139 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-29116-7 (9780367291167)
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Person
Susan George
Content
About the Transnational Institute (TNI) -- Highlights -- Introduction -- The First Boomerang: The Environment -- The Second Boomerang: Drugs -- The Third Boomerang: How Northern Taxpayers are Bailing Out the Banks -- The Fourth Boomerang: Lost Jobs and Markets -- The Fifth Boomerang: Immigration -- The Sixth Boomerang: Conflict and War -- Conclusion