By bringing together insights from Europe and the Americas on the reliance of credit in building inclusive societies today and in the past, we reflect upon the price of inclusion and the ambivalent nature of debt relations. Fluctuating between reciprocity and domination, debt broadens the scope of manoeuvre for individuals and collectives, but increased dependence …
ByAnit Mukherjee, Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development, Washington DC USA. Photo by Anit Mukherjee Across the world, digital technology is transforming how citizens interact with the State and with each other (Gelb, Mukherjee & Navis, 2020; Misuraka, Pasi & Viscusi, 2018; Milakovich, 2012). Moving towards a digital economy creates possibilities for governments …
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