Reports, analysis, program, and strategies for change bearing on debt. Debt can include individual debt, national debt or global debt and its impact on society. It takes a critical look at our existing financial system which is based on debt and elevates proposals and projects for alternatives to this existing toxic system.
Javier Mileiās government took office in December 2023 with a strong rhetoric about the need to expand freedom. However, rather than expanding…
During the past fourteen months since Trump took office, financial asset market bubbles accelerated to record levels in 2025āi.e. S&P 500 and…
Argentina is back in the news with renewed financial turmoil spurred by President Mileiās poor political standing. That poor standing is the…
In August 1971, Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollarās convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle that had begun with…
When will the International Monetary Fund (IMF) learn to think? Over its eighty-one year history, the IMF has published over fifteen thousand…
In 2016, Achille Mbembe wrote Africa in the New Century, offering a critical analysis of the continentās resilience amid globalization and the enduring…
Last month, Billboard reported that around 60 percent of general admission attendees of the music festival Coachella financed their tickets through a āBuy Now, Pay…
At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the countryās total…
Europeās quest for access to more green hydrogen regained momentum on January 21, 2025, when a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) was…
Tonya Clark sat in her car along the side of the roadāsobbingāafter the doctorās office called to say she had breast cancer.…
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