Is debt write-off a viable solution to the crisis of financialisation?

Here is the digital audio recording of a research seminar presentation made by Dr Johnna Montgomerie (Goldsmith’s University of London) to the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) at the University of Nottingham on 14 November 2016.

The title of the talk was ‘Is debt write-off a viable solution to the crisis of financialisation?’ and we carry it here on Progress on Political Economy because of the sense that it will resonate widely with interests in the financialisation of political economy.

Author: Jamie Jordan

Jamie is a Lecturer in International Relations at De Montfort University, Leicester.

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Is debt write-off a viable solution to the crisis of financialisation?