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commodifying debt

  • The case for debt abolition

    The Debt Collective believes that it is not enough for public goods and social services to be universal, they must be reparative, too. One of the upsides to debtor organizing is that, unlike worker organizing, there have not been decades… Continue reading

  • Debtfare: the Commodification of Student Debt

    Despite the uneasy relationship between the profitable student loan industry and growing student debt defaults, students continue to borrow to pay for college, and educational loans are the only form of consumer debt to increase markedly since 2008. The industry… Continue reading

    Debtfare: the Commodification of Student Debt