Financing Prosperity by Dealing with Debt
Edited by Christopher Harker and Amy Horton
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Financing prosperity by dealing with debt
Christopher Harker
PART I Rethinking debt obligations
2 Building democracy through challenging financialisation – a citizen debt audit of local government bank loans
Fanny Malinen
3 “Forgive us our debts”: lending, borrowing and debt forgiveness in Christian perspective.
Nathan Mladin
4 Credit Unions in the
UK: Promoting Saving and Dealing with Debt
Martin Groombridge, in conversation with Amy Horton and Christopher Harker
PART II Rewriting the rules
5 Could We Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Bankruptcy?
Joseph
Spooner
6 Debt relief can finance prosperity – making the case for reducing the repayment
burden on households
Johnna Montgomerie
7 Mortgage debt and the housing affordability crisis
Josh
Ryan-Collins
PART III Retaking the economy
8 Bank
Job – Debt, art, activism and community power
Hilary
Powell and Daniel Edelstyn
9 Money
Advice and Education: Creating community endurance and prosperity
Christopher
Harker and Jerry During
10 The
energy transition, indebtedness and alternatives
Charlotte
Johnson
11 Conclusion: Transitioning to
caring economies: What place for debt?
Amy Horton
Index
Format: Paperback
Size: 234 × 156 mm
182 Pages
3 B&W illustrations
Copyright: © 2022
ISBN: 9781800081888
Publication: June 14, 2022
Series: Global Prosperity in Thought and Practice
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