Life as Opposed to Debt Sustainability: Gender Tensions in the International Debt Architecture

Geoghegan V.S.; Miranda P.; Bejarano R.; Berdeja Ruiz D. · Feminist Economics (2026) · DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2026.2645405

Resumen

The purpose of this commentary is to highlight the mechanisms through which the contradiction between capital and life manifests itself by analyzing the sustainability of debt and fiscal rules. Debt management instruments are designed to reduce the risks faced by capital in the event of a debt crisis at the expense of exacerbating the crisis of social reproduction, the costs of which fall on families and women. Gender biases in the international debt architecture challenge the sustainability of life, and it is necessary to discuss the changes required.