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Debt Jubilee, April 26, 2018THE HUDSON REPORT: The history of debt cancellation and Jesus’s economic justice activism   Here is the direct download link. Left Out, a podcast produced by Paul Sliker, Michael Palmieri, and Dante Dallavalle, creates in-depth conversations with the most interesting political thinkers, heterodox economists, and organizers on the Left.   The Hudson Report is a new weekly series produced by Left Out with the legendary economist Michael Hudson. Every episode...

By M. Hudson (University of Missouri) and C. Goodhart (LSE) As published by the Center for Economic Policy Research. AbstractIn this paper we recall the history of Jubilee debt cancellations, emphasizing what their social purpose was at that time. We note that it would not be possible to copy that procedure exactly nowadays, primarily because most debt/credit relationships are intermediated via financial institutions, such as banks, insurance companies, etc., rather than by...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Once again on the Renegade Economists radio show, with insights from the economic history of the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the Byzantine era. How have the wealthy remained in control, in the process removing the debt jubilee?