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A World to Win: The Fight for Debt Justice w/ Heidi Chow

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Global South Countries Become Wealthier in the Eighteenth Century

Iomifan weld bank loans, a something called tal adjustment programms were imposed. The idea was that these sorts of policies would help these countries grow their way out of debt. But the totality of these policies was actually to keep global south countries underdeveloped. And across latin america africa, these policies, these one sized fits or prescription, meant that a economy shrank and ultimately, debt just kept sing.

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