“La deuda es impagable” (the debt is unpayable): for Norman Girvan, 1941–2014.

This essay, a shorter version of which appeared as a Stabroek News Column (Guyana, May 5, 2014), pays tribute to Norman Girvan, Caribbean economist and public intellectual who died tragically in April 2014, and whose life’s work exemplified a commitment to pan-Caribbeanism and deepening the rich tradition of radical Caribbean thought. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]