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Web conference with Ann Pettifor

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We speak to Ann Pettifor about the Jubilee 2000 debt campaign, the sovereign debt crisis, and how to get out of it. Ann argues that in addition to bankruptcies and debt write downs, we need labor intensive investment in infrastructure to grow the economy and protect the environment. But how do we fund this? Ann ...

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We speak to Ann Pettifor about the Jubilee 2000 debt campaign, the sovereign debt crisis, and how to get out of it. Ann argues that in addition to bankruptcies and debt write downs, we need labor intensive investment in infrastructure to grow the economy and protect the environment.



But how do we fund this?



Ann calls to a return to ethics in finance.



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Ann Pettifor
I’m Ann Pettifor, author and analyst of the global financial system, and co-author of The Green New Deal (2008). I predicted an Anglo-American debt-deflationary crisis back in 2003, and in September, 2006 published The Coming First World Debt Crisis (Palgrave). I am known for my work on the sovereign debts of low income countries and for leading an international movement for the cancellation of debts, Jubilee 2000.

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