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medium.com > @qikurniaw > the-consumption-trap-are-we-becoming-richer-or-just-better-at-borrowing-96e5197bd6f4

Credit has made consumption easier than ever.

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1333+ words) There is something fundamentally different about the way we buy things today. A few decades ago, if you wanted to buy a motorcycle worth $1,500, you needed to think about how to save $1,500. Today, the question is often much simpler: “How…...