Can't pay, won't pay The case for economic disobedience and debt abolition

Book - 2020

"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"--

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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books 2020.
Language
English
Physical Description
164 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781642592627
9781642594003
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: We Own the Bank
  • 1. You Are Nota Loan: Recognizing Our Power in the Age of Debt
  • 2. How Did We Get Here?: Financtalization from Haiti to the Household
  • 3. Debt Strike: Cities, Countries, Empires
  • 4. Disrupting Dystopia: Algorithmic Extraction and Digital Redlining
  • 5. The Future of Finance: Economic Disobedience and Reparative Public Goods
  • Further Reading