The Debt Boomerang

by Susan George

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367291167
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Susan George's book explores the hidden link between Third World peasants and First World taxpayers.

New Scientist

A report by the "scholar-activists" at the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, arguing that taxpayers in industrial countries are paying heavily for debt in the third world through environmental degradation, cocaine imports, government subsidies to banks, lost jobs, and other factors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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