Dignity Not Debt

Dignity Not Debt
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9780520391482
ISBN-13 : 0520391489
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Book Synopsis Dignity Not Debt by : Chrystin Ondersma

Download or read book Dignity Not Debt written by Chrystin Ondersma and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An earth-shaking reimagining of household debt that opens up a new path to financial security for all Americans. American households have a debt problem. The problem is not, as often claimed, that Americans recklessly take on too much debt. The problem is that US debt policies have no basis in reality. Weaving together the histories and trends of US debt policy with her own family story, Chrystin Ondersma debunks the myths that have long governed debt policy, like the belief that debt leads to prosperity or the claim that bad debt is the result of bad choices, both of which nest in the overarching myth of a free market unhindered by government interference and accessible to all. In place of these stale narratives, Ondersma offers a compelling, flexible, and reality-based taxonomy rooted in the internationally recognized principle of human dignity. Ondersma’s new categories of debt—grounded in abolitionist principles—revolutionize how policymakers are able to think about debt, which will in turn revolutionize the American debt landscape itself.


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