It frustrates me that the coverage of this recent report is totally ahistoric. Pre-2006 it didnt matter that you didnt have a job and had a loan, credit card companies were signing students on campuses up left and right. That they arent anymore and that individuals dont feel the need to get a card, isnt a story of some victory over economic expectations, a failure to grow, or unemployment. This is a story about the mistakes of the previous generation, what an overage of credit did before and could do again; why the underlying economic shift away from personal debt is incredibly depressing and dangerous for consumers and the middle class. Credit cards and credit card companies are AWFUL. But the lack of availability of credit to individuals compared with significant outlays of credit to banks and large corporate entities (and the inflation that accompanies it) is THE story. Its the story of our ongoing tailspin into complete economic inequality and one that tells us about a dark future for Millennials that has nothing to do with carrying balances or avoiding debt and EVERYTHING to do with our increasing inability to access the means by which wealth is created.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:41:50 +0000
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