Rethinking Debt: Deadbeat Creditors
Money and Morality
Aug 19, 2010 2:00 PM ET
In post-economic crisis America, foreclosure is a continuing tragedy for millions of families. A spate of recent web and print articles have painted banks as victims and defaulting homeowners as "deadbeats." One journalist even went so far as to accuse struggling homeowners of having no "moral values." What does history reveal to us about the morality of credit and debt? GoodB Blogger Monika Mitchell examines the truth behind the "shame of debt" and offers a provocative and unique view.