Monday, March 20, 2017

The Doctrine of Odious Debt

“If a despotic regime incurs a debt, not for the needs and in the interests of the State, but to reinforce its tyranny and to put down any resistance on the part of the people, then this debt is deemed odious for the population of the entire State. It is not an obligation of the nation: it is the debt of a regime, a personal debt of the power that incurred it. Consequently, it falls when the power falls.”
--http://www.cadtm.org/Demystifying-Alexander-Nahum-Sack

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