On the World Economic Crisis
Eric Toussaint interviewed by Dan La Botz
20 July 2020 by Eric Toussaint , Dan La Botz
The Covid-19 pandemic and the worldwide lockdown have triggered a depression as great as that of the 1930s. The causes of this crisis, the character of government policies, and the programs put forward by working class groups are of concern to all of us. So, to look into these questions, we spoke with Eric Toussaint, a leading analyst of these matters.
Eric Toussaint is a historian and political scientist who completed his Ph.D. at the universities of Paris VIII and Liège. He is the spokesperson of CADTM International, and sits on the Scientific Council of ATTAC France.
CADTM is the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt, an international network of activists and local committees from across Europe and Latin America, Africa and Asia, founded in Belgium on March 15, 1990. CADTM campaigns for the cancellation of “illegitimate, illegal, odious, and unsustainable” debt in developing countries and for “the creation of a world respectful of people’s fundamental rights, needs and liberties.”
ATTAC is the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Aid to Citizens) founded in France in December 1998 and one of the leading organizations of the anti-globalization movement.
The interview was conducted on May 26, 2020, by Dan La Botz, a co-editor of New Politics.
Source: New Politics
is a historian and political scientist who completed his Ph.D. at the universities of Paris VIII and Liège, is the spokesperson of the CADTM International, and sits on the Scientific Council of ATTAC France.
He is the author of Debt System (Haymarket books, Chicago, 2019), Bankocracy (2015); The Life and Crimes of an Exemplary Man (2014); Glance in the Rear View Mirror. Neoliberal Ideology From its Origins to the Present, Haymarket books, Chicago, 2012 (see here), etc.
See his bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Toussaint
He co-authored World debt figures 2015 with Pierre Gottiniaux, Daniel Munevar and Antonio Sanabria (2015); and with Damien Millet Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers, Monthly Review Books, New York, 2010. He was the scientific coordinator of the Greek Truth Commission on Public Debt from April 2015 to November 2015.
Other articles in English by Eric Toussaint (570)
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[Video] Should debts held by the ECB be cancelled?
24 September, by Eric Toussaint , Renaud Lambert , Aline Fares , Benjamin Lemoine
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The IMF’s announcement of $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights: advertising effect
8 September, by CADTM , Eric Toussaint , Milan Rivié
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Michel Husson: an activist in the economy and an economist who inspired politics
22 July, by Eric Toussaint
Interview with Éric Toussaint
The dual explanation of the crisis, the fake social turnaround by governments, the need for radical responses12 July, by Eric Toussaint , L’Anticapitaliste hebdo
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World situation report
22 June, by Eric Toussaint , CADTM International , Sushovan Dhar , Maria Elena Saludas , Omar Aziki , Broulaye Bagayoko , Fatima Zahra El Beghiti
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To Address Increasing Inequality and Global Poverty, We Must Cancel Debt
16 June, by Eric Toussaint , C.J. Polychroniou
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How Private and Public Debt Crises Exacerbate Housing Problems in the EU
9 June, by Eric Toussaint , Eva Betavatzi
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List of the first 360 signatures of people who support the End the Private Patent System Manifesto! #FREECOVIDPATENTS
8 June, by Eric Toussaint , CADTM International , Collective , Naomi Klein , Cinzia Arruzza , Tithi Bhattacharya , Nancy Fraser , Noam Chomsky , Vijay Prashad , Arundhati Roy , Achin Vanaik
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[Video] Illegitimate debt and debt audits | Overview of debt in Asia
3 June, by Eric Toussaint , Iolanda Fresnillo , Eurodad , Daniel Jeong-Dae Lee , Kjetil Abildsnes
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The economic response to the crisis benefits large companies
26 May, by Eric Toussaint , Roberto González Amador
is a Brooklyn-based teacher, writer and activist. He is a co-editor of New Politics
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