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Life and Debt is a 2001 documentary film directed by Stephanie Black. It examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically the impact thereon of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's globalization policies. Its starting point is the award-winning non-fiction text A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. Kathleen C. Fennessy's review of the documentary states "Set to a beguiling reggae beat, Life and Debt takes as its subject Jamaica's economic decline in the 20th century. The story has reverberations in the plight of other third-world nations blindsided by globalization, like Ghana and Haiti. After England granted Jamaica independence in 1962, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) stepped in with a series of loans. These loans were conditional on Jamaica enacting positive economic reforms - trade liberalization to give consumers access to cheaper products, privatization to ease the burden of government, and deregulation to give Jamaican entrepreneurs more economic freedom. However, the Jamaican government was unsuccessful with these reforms and left the country with an unreformed economy and $7 billion dollars in debt. The film blames the IMF and the West for causing this situation.
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debtrelief12 (Michael Rivera) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:47:41 -0000
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@WillsWearsPrada There are ppl who are tens of thousands of dollars in debt cos they had no insurance and it was a matter of life and death.
skylarjordan (Skylar Baker-Jordan) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:23:22 -0000
@WillsWearsPrada There are ppl who are tens of thousands of dollars in debt cos they had no insurance and it was a matter of life and death.
oh praise the one who my debt, and raised this life up from the dead
hannataylor91 (Hanna Taylor) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:26:37 -0000
oh praise the one who my debt, and raised this life up from the dead
Warning higher education will ruin your social life & skills. Cause intense stress, teach you life is unfair and leave you with debt. #fyi
adamleben (Adam Taylor) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:04:56 -0000
Warning higher education will ruin your social life & skills. Cause intense stress, teach you life is unfair and leave you with debt. #fyi
#ifihadabillion dollars I'd buy my ass out of debt and fly my ass to the virgin islands for a vacay for life!
jobbybobby (Bruno Silva) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:22:21 -0000
#ifihadabillion dollars I'd buy my ass out of debt and fly my ass to the virgin islands for a vacay for life!
Im amazed at the ads I hear and see daily. Dave Ramsey show commercials are debt-consolidation and whole-life insurance, when he hates them.
hockeybrad (Brad) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:12:49 -0000
Im amazed at the ads I hear and see daily. Dave Ramsey show commercials are debt-consolidation and whole-life insurance, when he hates them.
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