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Financing prosperity by dealing with debt /

In an era when many of us depend on debt to survive but struggle with its consequences, Financing Prosperity by Dealing with Debt draws together current thinking on how to solve debt crises and promote inclusive prosperity. By profiling existing action by credit unions and community organisations, a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press , 2022.
Colección:Global prosperity in thought and practice
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of figures and tables
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction: Financing prosperity by dealing with debt / Christopher Harker
  • PART I Rethinking debt obligations-- 2 Building democracy through challenging financialisation
  • a citizen debt audit of local government bank loans / Fanny Malinen</i>3 "Forgive us our debts": lending, borrowing and debt forgiveness in Christian perspective. / Nathan Mladin
  • 4Credit Unions in the UK: Promoting Saving and Dealing with Debt Martin Groombridge, in conversation with Amy Horton and Christopher Harker
  • PART II Rewriting the rules
  • 5 Could We Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Bankruptcy? / Joseph Spooner
  • 6 Debt relief can finance prosperity: making the case for reducing the repayment burden on households / Johnna Montgomerie
  • 7 Mortgage debt and the housing affordability crisis / Josh Ryan-Collins
  • PART III Retaking the economy-- 8 Bank Job
  • Debt, art, activism and community power / Hilary Powell and Daniel Edelstyn
  • 9 Money Advice and Education: Creating community endurance and prosperity / Christopher Harker and Jerry During
  • 10 The energy transition, indebtedness and alternatives / Charlotte Johnson
  • 11 Conclusion:Transitioning to caring economies: What place for debt? / Amy Horton
  • Index