• Planet debt

    Kate Bettes     |      April 11, 2023

    Inflation, war, recession and post-pandemic debt means the risk of nations defaulting on their debts is climbing the World Economic Forum’s watch list for 2023.

  • Will future generations bear the COVID bill?

    Victoria Tichá     |      September 13, 2021

    Governments are spending at unprecedented levels. Where does this money come from, and are governments saddling young people with too much debt?

  • In debt to the future

    Victoria Tichá     |      August 15, 2020

    Australia’s $300 billion coronavirus deficit has been called ‘eye-watering’ and may take decades to pay back, but who exactly is Australia in debt to?

  • Sowing the seeds of a new debt crisis in the developing world

    David Uren     |      July 22, 2019

    The World Bank has sounded a warning about China’s lending to low-income countries. The gains for participants in the BRI are in danger of being undone by unsustainable debts.