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The political role of generating artificial debt crises

Michel Bauwens

20th July 2011

What is happening in Greece, the U.S. and an increasing number of other countries is not an economic necessity, but a political project to further disenfranchise the mass of the people, dismantle social solidarity, and increase the revenues of the top layers of society.

Watch this video by David Harvey:

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