Have you ever taken a trip to the Caribbean and wondered at the poverty there, the economic reliance on tourism and the lack of industry? “Life and Debt” (top) focuses on Jamaica’s struggle to become free of IMF loan weapons which keep her in a state of servitude. “Jamaica in the 1970s” (bottom) takes a look at the run-up to some of the same issues and especially at the economic, political and social reforms implemented by Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in the seventies. Every nation has its own unique history but the strings attached to IMF loans often have similar consequences for those who sign on to them.
