My Political Economy

Greece on the Edge? The Film

Debt Community Network

REPORT – Gaining Interest: A New Deal for Sustained Credit Union Expansion in the UK

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Aeron Davis Inaugural Lecture – POSTPONED

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Inside the world of collection

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Credit creation and a post-crisis financial system

Recovery to Discovery

RBS sell off is a missed opportunity – and must be a rallying point for protest

Debt Community Network

‘Financial Melancholia’ – report launch, 8th July

Mental health problems and personal indebtedness are two of the defining social problems of our age. But what is the relationship between the two? Debt can undoubtedly trigger depression and anxiety, but it is important that we also seek to understand the suffering that indebtedness can generate, and the specific feelings of guilt and inadequacy that a financialised society inculcates. Launching […]

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PERC Paper 7: Public-Commercial Hybridity at BBC News Online

The BBC is generally seen as a publicly funded broadcaster, independent of advertising and kept fairly autonomous from government. However, as Kate Wright’s paper here shows, large cuts have encouraged the corporation to seek additional advertising from its international-facing online version. Over a relatively short period this has meant changes to editorial parameters and to […]

Debt Community Network

#DebtAction #Greece Storify

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Back to ‘Bastards’ … Europe and the Tory Party

It’s only been a month but the long-predicted Conservative Party civil war over Europe is back. Over the week-end, the rebels were out in force demanding real rather than lip-service change in the European Treaty. Resignations and no votes were threatened. Cameron fired back this morning calling a few bluffs. But, with a tiny majority […]

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Review of Undoing the Demos by Wendy Brown

Debt Community Network

Global Payday Lending Industry on BBC Radio 4 – Thinking Aloud