The Global North and Global South designate areas of uneven economic development. The descriptive was coined by the World Bank to update other totalizing designations such as “third world.” These terms can describe states that have historically been negatively impacted by globalization or be used in solidarity with countries who actively resist the globalizing mission. The Wretched of the Earth use the latter sense to call for accountability from the Global North, while Xiang uses the dichotomy to describe the Global North’s predatory lending programs.