Reveiew of Can't Pay Won't Pay: the Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition

Taylor, Jaime

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Reveiew of Can't Pay Won't Pay: the Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition

dc.contributor.author	Taylor, Jaime
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date	2023-09-24T06:46:17.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T18:02:57Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.description.abstract	While focus on the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic means that parts of this book will, we hope, soon feel dated, Can’t Pay Won’t Pay captures the economic zeitgeist of the early 21st century. A mere five chapters and just over 150 pages, the brevity of the book makes it an accessible introduction to the reasons so many individuals, communities, and even countries have found themselves deeply in debt. While fewer words are spent on remedies to the problem than describing it, the authors recommend the formation of debtors’ unions, modeled on labor unions. Through such unions, they suggest, collective power can force the abolition, or at least renegotiation, of debts. Can’t Pay Won’t Pay will help higher education librarians understand the conditions under which their students are laboring, as well as illuminating both the personal and systemic positions of librarians themselves.
dc.identifier.issn	2150-6701
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dc.rights	UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
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dc.source.issue	2
dc.source.issue	82
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dc.title	Reveiew of Can't Pay Won't Pay: the Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition
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