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#45A BORROWING MENTALITY

I prefer having/doing something now borrowing money (becoming obligated) to make that possible rather than waiting until a future time when I’ve saved enough money to (or can otherwise) have / do it. In general, I have no problem with individuals or governments contracting monetary, personal or ecological debts against tomorrow so that I (or society) can have / do something today. (Note: many employ leverage: using borrowed funds to purchase an asset, having that asset appreciate in value, and selling it at a big profit!)

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...individual <---> nature

the theme is paired with: #45B Work, Play, Pay As You Go  to make Choice #48  in the Choices We Make cards 

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Discussion from The Worldview Literacy Book Songs
Worldview Watch #44, posted 5/19/2015: Steps Toward a Pay As You Go Economy
Worldview Watch #11: Soda Taxes to Fight Obesity and Raise Revenue 

Wikipedia articles related to this theme:

mortgage loan debt credit card debt
Consumer Debt bankruptcy student debt
Frugality   Pay as You Go Guilt 
Credit Card Government Debt Grameen Bank 
Microcredit   Balanced Budget Amendment may be lacking in delayed gratification ability
compound interest leverage Criticism of Debt
 

 worldview internal inconsistency related: Strongly valuing this theme and any of the themes in the list below is a contradiction:

#4 Spreading Disinformation / Tactical Deception #23A  Sustainability   23B Enoughness   #27 The Small Producer  
#29A   The Self Restrained Person    #34 Valuing Traditions and Status Quo  #37B Global Citizen   #40  Environmental Economics  
#50B Left Anarchist   #104B  Respect for Nature  
   

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #45A Borrowing Mentality 

The USA national debt clock (the government debt reached $30 trillion in 2022--watch it change...) 

The Debt Issue (several stories on debt Yes! magazine fall 2015)

2013 Credit Card Debt Survey (on The Card Hub, the ultimate website about credit cards on multiple levels: consumer, researcher, etc.)
Grameen Bank (homepage of those who pioneered microcredit)
The Lending Club (peer lending group promoting "investors earn better returns, borrowers pay lower rates")
Debt Relief Now (sounds a call for action to relieve Third World Debt)
Kiva (website of non-profit whose mission is "to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty")
Understanding the USA National Debt (educational website http://www.federalbudget.com/)
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)
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)
"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)
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)
Americans are foolishly ignoring the threat of a debt crisis by Noah Rothman (MSNBC oped Oct 9 2022)
China's Other Debt Problem (report from The Economist November 13 2021)
"Government Debt: Governments Can Borrow More Than Once Believed"   (article from The Economist September 12 2020)
“Banking in Africa: Borrower Beware” (report from The Economist May 23 2020)
“Young Adults, Burdened With Debt, Are Now Facing an Economic Crisis” by Nathaniel Popper  (story from The New York Times April 8 2020)
"Microfinance: One Brick at a Time" (article in The Economist July 26 2019)
"How debt may take a toll on mental health" by Sabri Ben-Achour (Jun 5, 2019 NPR Marketplace story)
“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)
“Tech Startups Reviving Consumer Lending: Buy Now, Pay Later” (from The Economist August 4 2018)
Our Student Debt Anxiety Explained in One Video by Kai Ryssdal (on PBS News Hour October 11 2016)
"China's Debt: Coming Clean" (report from The Economist July 9 2016)
"Personal Loans: Whom to Trust" (article from The Economist August 15, 2015)
"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)
"Chinese Debt: The Great Hole of China" (article from The Economist Oct 18 2014)
“The Growth in Student Debt” by Richard Fry (from Pew Research October 2014)
"Why We Need a Bank at the Post Office"  by John Nichols (article from The Nation March 3 2014)
"The Euro Crisis: Debtor's Prison" (article from The Economist Oct 26 2013)
"The Dangers of Debt: Lending Weight" (article about the role of debt in the financial crisis The Economist Sep 14 2013)
"Is the National Debt Harmful to Our Children?" (Jan 2013 commentary on USA debt by PBS NewsHour's Paul Solman)
"Beware the Student Debt Bomb" (March 2012 report from Common Dreams website) 
"Student Loans in America: Nope, Just Debt" (article in The Economist October 29 2011)
"Is a Debt-free Life the Best Way to Live?" by Walter Updegrave (June 2011 story on CNN Money)
"Scorning Debt, Consumers' Credit Scores Soar" by Helen Chernikoff (August 2010 news report)
"Four Deformations of the Apocalypse" by David Stockman (July 31 2010 NY Times Op-ed piece)
Deficits, the National Debt, and Economic Growth ("in a growing economy, the National Debt is nothing to fear")
This Time is Different by C. Reinhart, K. Rogoff (2008 paper on history of financial crises involving debt)
Borrow: The American Way of Debt by Louis Hyman (author's website for this 2011 book)
Payback –Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood (review by William Skidelsky  Nov 1 2008 in The Guardian)
The Overspent American, by Juliet Shor (book by economics professor at Boston College)
The Secret History of the Credit Card (PBS frontline documentary, watch online)
Maxed Out (2006 documentary)
In Debt We Trust (2006 documentary) 
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

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from Coming of Age in the Global Village,  by Stephen P. Cook,  with Donella H. Meadows.

 
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