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	Life and debt
		Life and Debt includes interviews with Jamaica’s former prime minister Michael Manley, as he describes what it’s like to find you have "two nooses around the neck"--the IMF and World Bank.
		Life and Debt is a damning indictment of the global free market--and a stunning film to watch.
		Life and Debt is a great resource for activists organizing against the IMF and World Bank--and an excellent way to convince others why they should join the fight.
	www.socialistworker.org /2001/380/380_09_LifeAndDebt.shtml (421 words)

	Life and Debt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Life and Debt is a 2001 documentary film directed by Stephanie Black.
		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.
		However, the Jamaican government was unsuccessful with these reforms and left the country with an unreformed economy and $7 billion dollars in debt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Life_and_Debt (230 words)

	Life, debt and jubilee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 3,000-word document, Life, Debt and Jubilee, is launched in advance of the G8 Summit in Cologne in June, and on the eve of the Great Jubilee of the year 2000.
		Remission of debt is an essential precondition for the achievement of the international poverty target of halving the numbers living in extreme poverty by 2015 (4).
		Such programmes, together with new lending, should be rigorously monitored by means of mechanisms involving civil society, both to prevent the accumulation of unpayable debt in the future and to ensure that funds are not diverted from their agreed purpose.
	www.catholic-ew.org.uk /briefing/9905/9905001.htm (603 words)

	Putting life before debt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Moreover, the principal criteria by which levels of debt sustainability are judged by the World Bank and the IMF are almost exclusively narrow macroeconomic criteria and in particular the export-to-debt ratio.
		To take an analogy, in calculating what assistance a family with serious debt problems may need in order to survive and flourish, the cost of basic necessities (such as a roof, food, fuel and water) has to be allowed for before a proper calculation of debt repayments can be made.
		Debt repayment is not a substitute for aid, but an additional and essential contribution towards arriving at a durable settlement.
	www.catholic-ew.org.uk /briefing/9908/9908001.htm (2150 words)

	Putting Life Before Debt
		They had no voice in contracting the original debts, but have serviced that debt, at the cost of their health, education and life-expectancy; indeed some of the youngest and most vulnerable may have paid with their lives.
		The prompt reduction of foreign debt in poor countries is an essential step toward the eradication of poverty.
		The amount of debt reduction must be sufficient to free up the funds needed to meet basic needs, such as health care, education, and basic infrastructure.
	www.cidse.org /en/news/bishklnen.htm (1319 words)

	Debt Talking Points : Get Involved : Life Over Debt - Africa Debt Cancellation : Issues : AFSC
		As part of the debt deal, Nigeria agreed to pay 12.4 billion dollars to its creditors (primarily Britain, Italy, France and Germany) in just six months, giving the UK almost twice as much as it gave in aid to the whole of Africa in 2005.
		The great bulk of Africa’s debt was incurred in the context of Cold War politics with loans being made to governments in exchange for political loyalty.
		Since the debts were incurred by illegitimate parties and used for illegitimate purposes, it should not be the responsibility of the people to repay them.
	afsc.org /africa-debt/get-involved/debt-talking-points.htm (740 words)

	Movie Reviews \| "Life and Debt" A Tourists Review
		In Accompongtown, one can see the everyday life that the people have to endure to survive to keep a land that is solely their own.
		"Life and Debt," a striking and compelling documentary from Stephanie Black, gives the tourist a parallel view to their luxurious and fun-loving visit.
		"Life and Debt" tells you why, and gives you first hand account as to how the US and its European partners created and manipulated a trade system to create extra dollars in revenue for themselves, devalue Jamaican currency and wipe out the Jamaican businessman/farmer/worker.
	www.jahworks.org /music/movies/lifeanddebt2.html (1220 words)

	LIFE OR DEBT: Educating Consumers
		Life or Debt: A One-Week Plan for a Lifetime of Financial Freedom (A Ballantine Books Hardcover Original December, 2001; $23.95; 0-345-45565-7) is coming to trade paperback in December 2004.
		I am not heavily in debt, but whether you owe 4 debts or 14 debts, the plan is still the same.
		After going through all of your steps I was completely amazed that the debt destruction plan would actually have me out of debt in less than 3 years and then should I choose to use all that freed up dinero I could actually own my home in another 3 and 1/2 years.
	www.lifeordebt.org /education/book.htm (1800 words)

	Chewbacca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chewbacca undertook a Wookiee "life debt" to Han Solo due to Solo saving his life at some point before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
		However, in the Expanded Universe The Han Solo Trilogy, a scheduled rendezvous with a slaving vessel revealed that an adult Wookiee, Chewbacca, had overwhelmed the crew and released the Wookiee children that were to be sold.
		The event occurs when Chewbacca sacrifices his own life to save that of Han's son Anakin from a collision between the planet Sernpidal and one of its moons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chewbacca (1205 words)

	Gerald Peary - film reviews - Life And Debt
		Life and Debt is filled with melancholy interviews with wiped-out Jamaicans standing despairingly in front of their now dried, useless farms.
		Life and Debt has a second narrative, which occurs alongside the tale of Jamaican economic woe: the arrival and departure, and week in between of partying-by-the-pool leisure, of a typical group of vacationers from the US.
		Still, Life and Debt is necessary viewing, for the decline and fall of Jamaica is a microcosm of the have-not nations of the world.
	www.geraldpeary.com /reviews/jkl/life-and-debt.html (576 words)

	Life and Debt
		Life and Debt is effective because it has an opinion, and follows it up with evidence.
		The possible solutions, which include debt forgiveness and giving a oice to the less powerful nations in the determination of policy, are complex.
		Life and Debt, by bringing these realities home to us (and by "us" I mean viewers in First World countries), showing the results of this system on real people who live right next door, helps provide a needed wake-up call.
	www.cinescene.com /dash/life&debt.htm (1061 words)

	SSRN-Life and Debt: A Survey of Data Addressing the Debt Loads of Older Persons and Policy Recommendations by Deanne ...
		The budgets of a growing number of older Americans are stressed by mounting debt loads as elders struggle to pay for necessities such as groceries, prescription drugs, and urgent home repairs.
		Debts levels of the elderly have taken a sharp turn for the worse since the early 1990s.
		Loonin, Deanne and Renuart, Elizabeth, "Life and Debt: A Survey of Data Addressing the Debt Loads of Older Persons and Policy Recommendations" (February 22, 2006).
	www.ssrn.com /abstract=885398 (456 words)

	Life and Debt, written by Michael Lund and James Helgager, a SpiltWater Production (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"life & debt", is a story of courage and redemption.
		The short film "life & debt", adapted from an original feature length screenplay of the same title, co-written by Michael Lund and James Helgager, is a first time effort for most of the filmmakers involved.
		In the short film, "life & debt", the audience is given a rare glimpse at that insight.
	www.lifeanddebt.net /synopsis.asp (262 words)

	Life and Debt - The Boston Globe
		One thing is clear about the bankruptcy reforms set to take effect October 17: They will make it a lot tougher for people swimming in debt to get the fresh start that's been promised to Americans for more than a century.
		For years, credit card companies and the banking industry pushed Congress to make it harder for people to walk away from their debts under the widely used Chapter 7 process.
		They wanted a means test that would force many middleclass folks to pay off their debts over time and sought provisions for credit counseling and paperwork - lots of paperwork - detailing one's financial holdings.
	www.boston.com /business/personalfinance/articles/2005/10/09/life_and_debt (756 words)

	Is There Life After Debt?
		Virtually all of my adult life was spent owing money to various banks, car dealers, mortgage companies, credit card issuers, department stores.
		Life after prison, I imagine, is a lot like life before prison, except it's different.
		You are happy for the change of scenery, yet the knowledge of the loss of so many years of productive life - for what is money if not the embodiment of time - weighs heavy on your soul.
	www.thefrugallife.com /debtfree.html (355 words)

	Life and Debt
		We learn, through Manley and many others from all walks of Jamaican life, of how the IMF fostered the high-interest loans that the country needed so badly for education and medical reform.
		There is a relentlessness to "Life and Debt" that could have been tempered by a little judicial editing to cut the preach factor, but this is a minor quibble.
		"Life and Debt" is a particularly powerful film in today's climate, when Americans are more open to questioning why their country isn't necessarily loved as much as they believe it should be.
	www.reelingreviews.com /lifeanddebt.htm (1208 words)

	Life or Debt
		LIFE OR DEBT is more than a financial roadmap: it's a guide to rediscovering the things in life that make you happy.
		Within a week of receiving the Life or Debt kit, you'll have everything you need to eliminate every debt you have, invest wisely, clean up your credit history, and most important regain control of your life and reconnect with the things that truly bring you joy.
		The Life or Debt kit is a perfect gift...to yourself, your family or anyone you care about.
	www.moneytalks.org /content_book.asp (766 words)

	Life After Debt
		If you create a strict plan for eliminating your consumer debts and stick with it, it will typically take between three and four years to implement your plan.
		The first step in any debt reduction plan is a sincere commitment by the entire family to control spending and eliminate financial waste.
		There is life after debt -- but it always requires financial discipline and a commitment to living within ones means.
	www.fincalc.com /ucarticles/a2e.asp?css= (528 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review LIFE AND DEBT documentary movie about economic effect of third-world debt crisis in Jamaica by ...
		"Life and Debt" is an unforgettable look at the real human consequences of economic globalization, focusing on farmers and workers in Jamaica.
		The losers might be U.S. workers whose auto plant closed down or farmers who've lost their land, or — as in the case of Jamaica, as seen in the devastating new documentary "Life and Debt" — they might be whole countries.
		And the clear message of "Life and Debt" is that there are millions of people impoverished by economic globalization, no matter what official opinion says about all of us bobbing happily atop the waves of change.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2001/lifeanddebt.php3 (1018 words)

	P.O.V. - Life and Debt . The Film \| PBS
		Using conventional and unconventional documentary techniques, this searing film dissects the "mechanism of debt" that is destroying local agriculture and industry while substituting sweatshops and cheap imports.
		With a voice-over narration written by Jamaica Kincaid, adapted from her book A SMALL PLACE, LIFE AND DEBT is an unapologetic look at the "new world order," from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, government and policy officials who see the reality of globalization from the ground up.
		Stephanie Black (SB): LIFE AND DEBT is a project that's taken a couple of years to make.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov2001/lifeanddebt/thefilm.html (1103 words)

	Life after debt
		Jubilee Plus, one of the successors to Jubilee 2000, is an international movement calling for the cancellation of the unpayable debt of the world's poorest countries under a fair and transparent process.
		Drop the Debt are taking forward the work of Jubilee 2000 and pressing for a new deal on debt at the G8 summit in Genoa.
		Examines the debt crises that occurred before WWII and the role of commercial banks and the IMF during the current crisis and proposes possible solutions.
	www.channel4.com /life/microsites/A/after_debt/find.html (1787 words)

	The Salvation Army: Life after Debt
		Partly because of the debts of poor countries to rich countries, 20 per cent of humanity has 85 per cent of the wealth of the world.
		His statement was an expression of concern at the way governments and the world's financial structures seem to be making it increasingly difficult for the poor nations of the world to become self-sufficient.
		That is less than a quarter of the total unrepayable debt although it is an improvement on a $25 billion package offered in 1998.
	www.salvationist.org /poverty.nsf/vw_sublinks/8AB4241C8329126A80256ABD004AFE03 (805 words)

	Debt, credit cards, debt counseling and bankruptcy: At Real Life Debt.com
		Avoiding these problems is what Real Life Debt.com is all about: it's a resource site that's dedicated to helping you learn about your options with credit card debt, debt management, debt counseling, privacy, dealing with collection agencies, deciding about bankruptcy (and the different types of bankruptcy), and more.
		Some of them have declared bankruptcy and talk about their experiences, and others are still in the midst of negotiating with collection agencies, working with debt management and consolidation organizations, or even talking with lawyers and hoping for the best.
		Learn more about credit card debt, how to work with credit card companies to manage your own debt, and options you have if you are over your head: Dealing with credit card debt.
	www.reallifedebt.com (1126 words)

	Life After Debt - Norman A. Bailey
		He was later appointed special assistant to the president and senior director of international economic affairs at the White House.
		The twofold purpose of this essay is to briefly review the evolution of what is commonly referred to as the debt crisis and to offer a projection of the future of relations between creditors and debtors and to determine relevant policy implications.
		The debt crisis is a catchall term for a course of events that can be conveniently divided into four phases.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1990/december/Sa17181.htm (345 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Debating 'Life and Debt' - Thursday \| August 23, 2001
		For starters, its portrayal of the Inter-national Monetary Fund as the wolf in a children's fable is crude.
		Hence, there was an unintended irony in Life and Debt's extensive use of interviews with Michael Manley to build a case against globalisation.
		Thus, several commentators have contended that Life and Debt places all blame for Jamaica's, and by extension the Third World's, woes on the First World and its international financial agencies.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010823/cleisure/cleisure3.html (664 words)

	Life and Debt (DVD)
		But "Life and Debt" is a riveting mini-course in the destructive impact of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on a developing nation, in this case Jamaica.
		One remarkable aspect of "Life and Debt" is the articulate understanding that Jamaican farmers, ranchers and manufacturers have about the impact that the IMF has had on their businesses and the Jamaican economy.
		Lovingly directed by Stephanie Black (BuzzFlash will be posting an interview with her), "Life and Debt" is a powerful testament to how a skilled filmmaker can turn a complex subject into a powerful story.
	www.buzzflash.com /reviews/05/rev05905.html (424 words)

	Life and Debt \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I would say because of rather than despite low interest rates...My debt is going through the roof because the credit card companies won't stop sending me these 0% balance transfer offers...Eventually it's going to bite me but I haven't paid any interest for the last couple of years.
		Because I took my first 2-week vacation of my entire post-college adult life last year (I'm 35, so that means I went 13 years without a "proper" vacation), and even then I went on the off-season and stayed much of the time with friends.
		Metapoll: I'm debt free except for one $20K college loan that will be deferred for 4 more years (thank you, grad school).
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/34875 (6924 words)

	AlterNet: Life and Debt
		The result, a feature-length documentary called "Life and Debt," has been racking up festival awards and will have theatrical releases across the country through March 24 (for listings see LifeandDebt.org).
		Rather "Life and Debt" is told as a journey.
		In "Life and Debt," Black constantly moves the viewer in and out of those gates -- from plush hotel rooms to filthy factory floors, from pool parties to street protests -- to draw attention to the metaphorical gate that exists between those in the developed and undeveloped sides of the world.
	www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=12285 (1283 words)

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