1Introduction: The Global Debt Paradigm and Its Human Consequences
10Mozambique – The Hidden Cost: Illicit Debt Scandals and the Impact on Public Services
2Greece – The Troika's Imprint: Debt and the Surrender of Economic Sovereignty
11South Korea – The Chaebol's Reckoning: Corporate Leverage, Financial Crisis, and IMF Intervention
3Argentina – The Austerity Cycle: Debt, Social Unrest, and Political Instability
12Nigeria – The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Revenue, Endemic Corruption, and the Resource Curse
4Zimbabwe – The Currency of Collapse: Sovereign Debt and the Spiral into Hyperinflation
13Zambia – The Copper Coffin: Commodity Dependency, Price Volatility, and Cyclical Debt Crises
5Sri Lanka – The Hambantota Gambit: Debunking "Debt-Trap Diplomacy"
14Rwanda – The Fault Lines of Finance: Pre-Genocide Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Social Tensions
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6Jamaica – The Stagnation Trap: Decades of Debt and the Struggle for Sustainable Growth
15Japan – The Demographic Debt Bomb: An Aging Population, Intergenerational Equity, and Fiscal Unsustainability
7Ecuador – The Amazon's Collateral: Debt Servicing through Environmental Exploitation
16Greece Revisited – The Human Toll: Austerity's Impact on Health, Education, and Social Welfare
8Mexico – The NAFTA Paradox: Trade-Related Debt, Inequality, and the Hollowing of the Rural Economy
17Conclusion: Synthesizing the Confessions – Patterns, Lessons, and Policy Implications
9Bolivia – The Cochabamba Water War: Debt-Driven Privatization and the Fight for Public Resources
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