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Alexander Gourevitch
alexander_gourevitch@brown.edu

Alex Gourevitch is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at The Political Theory Project, Brown University. He is also the co-editor of the political economy blog The Current Moment.

 

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It's easy to blame debt on the debtors -- but that's missing the real story
COMMENTARY | November 21, 2011
American working families borrowed money not simply to buy luxuries, but because their wages were flat and going into debt was the only way they could afford basic public goods like first homes, education, and health care. So whose fault is that?


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