In the midst of the ongoing financial crisis it’s been satisfying to turn to a project I announced here a few months back for commentary and interpretation. As Ann Pettifor has been called upon for commentary by numerous conventional media outlets her blog, Debtonation, has really come into its own. ...
With all the talk of credit crunches, sub-prime mortgage crises, and all that follows from them it can be difficult to know how to make sense of it all. When you add in the fact that money is a far more complicated beast than most of us realise it’s pretty bewildering. Ann Pettifor is an expert in getting to grips with these issues, communicating them and campaigning on them. And I’m very pleased to say that you can now find her blogging at debtonation.org, the result of a quick project Jenny Brown and I have been working on. ...