THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast Ep. 98: Can't Pay, Won't Pay The Power of Debtors Unions w/Hannah Appel of the Debt Collective

"Between 1980 and 2007, household debt doubled as a percentage of GDP, with most of the growth in residential mortgages, although auto, credit card, student loan, medical and criminal legal debt also grew precipitously. In the first months of 2020, as the pandemic took hold, household debt rose to $14.3 trillion, $1.6 trillion higher than the record set in the middle of the financial crisis. Today, more than 40 %of indebted households use credit cards to cover basic living costs, including rent, food, and utilities. Some 62% of personal bankruptcies in the US are linked to illness and health care costs." -Taken from the book, "Can't Pay Won't Pay"   In this episode, taken from our Tuesday livestream (1/5/21) we'll be speaking with Hannah Appel professor of economic anthropology at UCLA and part of the Debt Collective, and one of the co-authors of "Can't Pay Won't Pay". From here bio: "How can we expand the field of economic possibility in an interconnected, power-laden world? I am also fundamentally committed to ethnographic research as a vibrant method for asking new questions and formulating new answers about the world in which we live. "   You can get the book, "Can't Pay, Won't Pay" Here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1520-can-t-pay-won-t-pay   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out.  We appreciate each and everyone of you.  If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!    Become a patron now : https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg   Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast   Twitter: @TIRShowOakland   Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Medium: https://medium.com/@jasonmyles/they-dont-really-care-about-us-e2f1703ca39e