Citation

Williams B. N. Am. Dialog. 2008; 11(2): 1-7.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Anthropological Association)

DOI

10.1111/j.1556-4819.2008.00008.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The inequality that fueled the 1960s uprisings has grown worse, but where has the anger gone? This paper builds on the work of historian Michael Katz to suggest blending the political economy and ethnographic of a debt-based society, and to explore the ways in which over-investing in selling debt ravages poor communities, the coping strategies based in the informal economy, and the harsh incarceration of young men of color to explain why in the United States we have no justice but a semblance of peace.