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More to Explore -- Worldview
Theme #45A Borrowing
Mentality |
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The
USA national debt clock (the government debt reached $30 trillion in
2022--watch it change...) |
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The
Debt Issue (several stories on debt Yes! magazine fall 2015) |
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2013
Credit Card Debt Survey (on The Card Hub, the ultimate website about
credit cards on multiple levels: consumer, researcher, etc.) |
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Grameen Bank (homepage
of those who pioneered microcredit) |
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The Lending Club
(peer lending group promoting "investors earn better returns,
borrowers pay lower rates") |
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Debt Relief Now
(sounds a call for action to relieve Third World Debt) |
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Kiva (website of
non-profit whose mission is "to connect people through lending to
alleviate poverty") |
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Understanding the
USA National Debt (educational website http://www.federalbudget.com/) |
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Meet
the Economist NPR Interviewed to Explain Why America’s $34 Trillion Debt
Is Definitely Not a Problem by Jon Miltimore ( post on American
Institute for Economic Research Jan 17 2024)
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JP
Morgan Boss Jamie Dimon says US is addicted to debt, economy is on
dangerous sugar high by Jennifer Sor (Business Insider story
Nov 28 2023) |
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"Taking
out student loans makes you unhealthier than your debt-free peers,
groundbreaking study of 3,200 college kids finds" by A. Kuperberg and
J. Mayelis (from Fortune August 5 2023) |
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Car
Debt Is Piling Up as More Americans Owe Thousands More Than Vehicles Are
Worth by Paige Smith and Michael Sasso (on Bloomberg March 1
2023)
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Americans are foolishly ignoring the threat of a debt crisis by Noah Rothman
(MSNBC oped Oct 9 2022) |
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China's
Other Debt Problem (report from The Economist November 13 2021)
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"Government
Debt: Governments Can Borrow More Than Once Believed" (article from The
Economist September 12 2020) |
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“Banking
in Africa: Borrower Beware” (report from The Economist May 23
2020) |
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“Young
Adults, Burdened With Debt, Are Now Facing an Economic Crisis” by
Nathaniel Popper (story
from The New York Times April 8 2020) |
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"Microfinance:
One Brick at a Time" (article in The Economist July 26 2019) |
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"How
debt may take a toll on mental health" by Sabri Ben-Achour (Jun 5, 2019 NPR Marketplace
story) |
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“A
record 7 million Americans have stopped paying their car loans, and even
economists are surprised” by Tanza Loudenbac (report in Business Insider Feb 13 2019)
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“Tech
Startups Reviving Consumer Lending: Buy Now, Pay Later” (from The
Economist August 4 2018)
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Our
Student Debt Anxiety Explained in One Video by Kai Ryssdal (on PBS
News Hour October 11 2016) |
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"China's
Debt: Coming Clean" (report from The Economist July 9
2016) |
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"Personal
Loans: Whom to Trust" (article from The Economist
August 15, 2015) |
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"Ending
the Debt Addiction: A Senseless Subsidy" (article from The Economist May 16 2015) |
| "Lending
to Poor Farmers--Seeding the Market" (article from The
Economist March 14 2015) |
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"Chinese Debt: The Great Hole of China"
(article from The Economist Oct 18 2014) |
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“The
Growth in Student Debt” by Richard Fry (from Pew Research October 2014) |
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"Why
We Need a Bank at the Post Office" by John Nichols (article
from The Nation March 3 2014) |
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"The Euro Crisis: Debtor's Prison"
(article from The Economist Oct 26 2013) |
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"The Dangers of Debt: Lending Weight"
(article about the role of debt in the financial crisis The Economist Sep 14 2013) |
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"Is
the National Debt Harmful to Our Children?" (Jan 2013 commentary
on USA debt by PBS NewsHour's Paul Solman) |
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"Beware
the Student Debt Bomb" (March 2012 report from Common Dreams
website) |
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"Student Loans in America:
Nope, Just Debt" (article in The Economist October 29 2011) |
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"Is
a Debt-free Life the Best Way to Live?" by Walter Updegrave (June
2011 story on CNN Money) |
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"Scorning
Debt, Consumers' Credit Scores Soar" by Helen Chernikoff (August
2010 news report) |
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"Four
Deformations of the Apocalypse" by David Stockman (July 31 2010
NY Times Op-ed piece) |
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Deficits,
the National Debt, and Economic Growth ("in
a growing economy, the National Debt is nothing to fear") |
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This Time is Different by C. Reinhart,
K. Rogoff (2008 paper on history of financial crises involving debt) |
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Borrow: The American Way of Debt by
Louis Hyman (author's website for this 2011 book) |
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Payback
–Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood (review by
William Skidelsky Nov 1 2008
in The Guardian) |
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The Overspent
American, by Juliet Shor (book by economics professor at Boston
College) |
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The Secret
History of the Credit Card (PBS frontline documentary, watch online) |
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Maxed Out (2006
documentary) |
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In Debt We Trust (2006
documentary) |
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Your
Credit Scores (from
U.S. government sponsored Consumer Federation of America and Fair Isaac
Corp.) |
| Consumer
Guide to Credit |
| The
Lending Club (peer to peer lending) |
| Prosper
(peer to peer lending) |
| Money
Matters for Students: Establishing Credit |
| Compulsive
Spending / Debt Counseling |
| The
Advertising of Installment Plans, by Sharon Murphy (historical perspective) |
| Financial
Psychology and Lifechanging Events |
| Public
Principles of Public Debt: A Defense and Restatement, by James Buchanan |
| "Can Microfinance Make it in America?" by Barbara
Kiviat, (article in Time January 11 2010) |
| "Did
Christianity Cause the Crash? How Preachers Are Spreading a Gospel of Debt,"
by Hanna Rosin (the Atlantic, Dec 2009) |
| "The
New Austerity," by Justin Fox (article about a great new idea in Time
March 24 2008) |
| "Hey
Buddy, Can You Spare $10,000?" by Jennie L. St. John (re: peer to
peer loans Time March 17 2008) |
| "Visa
Charges On," by Justin Fox (article in Time March 17 2008) |
| "Exposing
the Credit Card Fine Print," by Anita Hamilton (article in Time
March 3 2008) |
| Consumer
Debt and Bankruptcy, by Fred Foldvary ("The Progress Report"
editorial) |
| The
Ethics of Bankruptcy, by Jukka Kilpi (read excerpts of this 1998 book
at Google Books) |
| America's
Total Debt Report, by Michael Hodges (website full of debt-related
financial reports) |
| "Going
Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis is Now the Greatest Threat to the American
Republic", by Chalmers Johnson |
| Ethics
and International Debt: A View From Feminist Economics, by Julie Nelson |
| Sovereign Debt at the Crossroads
ed. Chris Jochnick from Oxford University Press (third world debt
crisis) |
| Ecological
Debt (from New Economics Foundation) |
| Christian
Perspective on Being in Debt |
| Usury
(from online encyclopedia, includes Biblical
injunctions against usury) |
| Consumer
Debt Help (credit card debt consolidation service) |
| Loan
Calculator (free online program to figure size of monthly payments,
etc) |
| Good
Debt, Bad Debt, by Jon Hanson (book from "The Financial Sanity
Pundit") |
| "The
New Austerity," by Justin Fox (article about a great new idea in Time
March 24 2008) |
| "Hey
Buddy, Can You Spare $10,000?" by Jennie L. St. John (re: peer to
peer loans Time March 17 2008) |
| Debt
Smothers Young Americans (a USA Today report) |
| Risk
and the Democratization of Credit Cards, by Susan Black and Donald Morgan |
| Kick
the Credit Card Habit, by Chris Farrell |
| Consumerism
and Fiscal Disorder (from Reconstructing American History, by
Alfred de Grazia, Yale Univ.) |
| "Who
Needs the Mortgage Interest Deduction?" by Roger Lowenstein
(March 5, 2006 NY Times story) |
| Your
Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (homepage for
this book) |
| Student
Debt Alert (organization concerned with college student debt) |
| How
Long Can Households Sustain Negative Savings?, by John Waggoner (March
2006 USA Today article) |
| quotes
related to borrowing |
| quotes
related to frugality |