20.3.25

Saping the Third World


Secret variable in most neoclassical equations of economic adjustment: poor women and their children are expected to lift the weight of Third World debt upon their shoulders.

Worsening economic conditions limit the capacity of urban working-class households to implement long term social mobility strategies, since it forces them to mobilize their inner resources and make extensive use of their labour force for basic survival.

Mike Davis
1946 - 2022