Sophia’s choice: Debt, social welfare, and racial finance capitalism
(2020)
Journal Article
Torkelson, E. (2021). Sophia’s choice: Debt, social welfare, and racial finance capitalism. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 39(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775820973680
In this article, I examine normative assumptions about cash transfers as public goods and the lived experience of cash transfers as private debts. Policy makers and social scientists often assume cash transfers are apolitical, value-neutral monetary... Read More about Sophia’s choice: Debt, social welfare, and racial finance capitalism.