Tag: debt

• The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers (Published 2022)

  May 3, 2026

  In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until… more ›

• Neocolonialism through Debt: How French and U.S. Banks Underdeveloped Haiti

  May 3, 2026

  In 1825, fourteen French gunboats sailed into the harbor of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and forced the government to pay an indemnity of 150 million francs. This threw Haiti… more ›

• Andrew Ross Sorkin: The Lesson of 1929 – The Atlantic

  December 15, 2025

  Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/andrew-ross-sorkin-lesson-1929/684546/ more ›

• You are not immune to shopaganda | The Verge

  December 13, 2025

  Behind every influencer is an army of the influenced, many adrift in debt and mass-produced clutter. These are the stories of credit card debt and piles of mass-produced clutter. https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/836456/influencers-tiktok-debt-shopaganda more ›

• Free money

  October 15, 2025

  Bankers and prophets seem to be driven by an almost poetic compulsion to push further. more ›

• Andrew Ross Sorkin: The Lesson of 1929 – The Atlantic

  October 14, 2025

  Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/andrew-ross-sorkin-lesson-1929/684546/ more ›

• Exposure

  July 1, 2025

  Way it works when you want to hide a secret is you tell a good story about it. It’s not lying, more like camouflage. more ›

• Analysis: How to value Africa’s natural wealth in global finance

  March 10, 2025

  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has long been the world’s main measure of economic success, rewarding activities that generate immediate financial returns. https://www.semafor.com/article/03/10/2025/how-to-value-africas-natural-wealth-in-global-finance more ›