Some 70 countries are in or at risk of debt distress – a record number that has the World Bank sounding the alarm. Debt defaults by these emerging and developing countries could lead the world into a global financial crisis perhaps even on par with the Great Depression of 1929. The pattern is clear from three previous debt waves: the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, Asian financial crisis of the 1990s, and the global financial crisis triggered by the 2007 US subprime crisis.

00:00 Intro & three previous debt waves
01:16 The fourth debt wave
02:07 Countries in debt: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Laos
03:40 Impact on education, healthcare
04:21 How did the debt crisis start?
05:19 China’s Belt & Road Initiative
06:12 Climate change and debt
07:20 On the brink of economic meltdown?

WATCH THE FULL EPISODES of Debt Bomb:
What Pakistan’s Debt Dilemma Reveals About Looming Global Default Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AJa013VufE
Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis: Who Is Really To Blame?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9E49k2pUQ

ALSO WATCH:
China’s Belt And Road: A Debt Trap For Sri Lanka? | CNA Correspondent
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Another Sri Lanka In The Making? Pakistan On Brink Of Economic Ruin | Insight
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