Mortgaging the Earth

John Halle's musical setting of Lawrence Summers's infamous 1991 World Bank memo - in which he argued the economic logic of shifting pollution to poorer areas.. Performed by Sequitur Ensemble, Kristin Nordeval and Dora Ohrenstein, sopranos.

Date of Production: 
Nov 2008
Author: 
JGHalle
Length: 
8min.
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On the Market and Policy Origins of the International Financial Crisis...
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zoe young
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After carrying out a controversial & highly risky research on HIV/AIDS orphans in USA & Zimbabwe, President of World Bank announces a US$5m competition. Mercy, a doctoral student then, enters the competition in 2000 and wins US$100,000.00 and NEVER to get the money ever!

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mchigubu
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