More Australians asking debt counselling services for help

Each day hundreds of Australians are contacting financial counselling services seeking help to manage their household expenditure. And many of those asking for assistance are reported to be juggling several jobs, blaming the increase in their mortgage or rental costs. Guest: Tania Clarke, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Consumer Action Law Centre Producer: David…

How New York Can Help End the Global Debt Crisis

In January, Columbia economics professors Martín Guzmán and Joseph Stiglitz published a report, “How New York State Lawmakers Can Help Address Debt Crises in the Global South,” to support legislative attempts to reform the state’s role in debt restructurings for countries with distressed economies. The report includes recommendations that legislation should blunt incentives for vulture…