Project
Money from nothing: popular economies and indebtedness in South Africa
This project explores the over-indebtedness of South African consumers, set against the longer history of exploitation of South African black people by the forces of capitalism, and interrogates how these currently manifest themselves in an allegedly ‘neoliberal’ social order.
Publication
Redistribution and indebtedness: a tale of two settings
James, Deborah. 2020. Redistribution and indebtedness: a tale of two settings. In C. Hann & D. Kalb (Eds.), Financialization: Relational...
Publication
Money From Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa
Deborah James. 2014. Money From Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa. Stanford University Press (Palo Alto) and Wits Press (...