The great ledger correction: Why cancelling the debt of the Global South is restitution, not forgiveness

The great ledger correction: Why cancelling the debt of the Global South is restitution, not forgiveness

Global finance treats sovereign debt as a moral absolute, but a landmark Kenyan lawsuit is challenging this consensus. Rooted in Utu—prioritizing human survival over balance sheets—this legal battle exposes the "inverted ledger" of systemic extraction, threatening to structurally upend the international debt machine.

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