How do we tackle the crisis of global debt?
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About the video: ‘How do we tackle the crisis of global debt?’
The relief of the burden of debt crippling many poorer nations is an essential step in achieving social justice. Yet despite the high profile Make Poverty History campaign in 2005, the debt issue wasn’t even mentioned at the next G8 meeting in Russia. It is only through prolonged, sustained activism in the global North that further change will come about.
Total views: 1,475
Filmed: Berlin, Germany on 8 September 2006
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell, Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2006 Big Picture TV
About Susan George
Susan George is a political economist and author of more than a dozen books. She is Chair of the Planning Board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, an informal association of academics and civil society activists working towards improving social justice. Her most recent book in English is “Another World is Possible if…”. Born in the United States, she currently lives in Paris.
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