Global economy as debtor's prison — Newint

This is the current lead article at New Internationalist magazine homepage:

New Internationalist online lead story, 16 Oct 2020:
It's official: The Global Economy is a 'Debtor's Prison'

 This is the current lead story at New Internationalist magazine home page:

It’s official, the global economy is a ‘debtor’s prison’

As the World Bank and IMF sound the alarm on debts driven sky high by Covid-19 in some of the world’s poorest nations, Nick Dearden explains why debt ‘relief’ will not cut it – we need system change....

More at https://newint.org/features/2020/10/14/official-global-economy-debtors-prison