Essai

La dette 

Entre promesse et violence

Samuel FereyClaire PignolMagali BessoneAnna ZielinskaPaul ClavierJézabel Couppey-SoubeyranJean-Marie ThéodatDenis CogneauJean-Claude Bruffaerts

Now more than ever, debt lies at the heart of public debate. It can serve as a lever for investments, betting on future economic growth or societal transformations, but it is also undeniably a burden for debtors who are not necessarily those who incurred it. Three combined approaches shed light on this issue: a philosophical perspective explores the oscillation of debt between social solidarity and ruthless exploitation; an economic analysis examines various forms of monetization that tie debt to political stakes; and the “unequal treaty” signed in 1825 between...