August 26, 2021· 43 min
Mitu Gulati and Ugo Panizza on Haiti’s Odious Post-Colonial Debt
Orality
Model
89%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,099 words)
M:28%
GuestMitu Gulati(2,411 words)
M:28%
GuestUgo Panizza(1,365 words)
M:29%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic34%
terrible, very, massive
Engagement61%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, like
Repetition100%
debt (86x), know (62x), about (46x)
Parallelism100%
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Sound Patterns50%
33 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases3%
i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging15%
probably, possibly, could
Passive Voice13%
are believed, been superseded, been been
Abstract Nouns26%
investment, moment, assessment
Subordination8%
because, until, though
Sentence Length49%
Avg: 17.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers5%
the literature
Impersonal Style39%
403 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
quickly, probably, recently
Description
Nearly 200 years ago, the colonialist French power granted independence to Haiti. But it did so under the brutal condition that it pay 150 million francs in exchange for its freedom. This was a staggering sum that imposed a staggering imposition on the Haitian economy. And there's good reason to believe that that initial debt contributed to the ongoing poverty in the country. On this episode, we speak with law professor Mitu Gulati and economist Ugo Panizza about this odious debt, the significance of this burden, and the ongoing efforts for Haiti to obtain reparations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.