25 min
Are Buy Now Pay Later schemes changing our attitudes to debt? Seriously Social
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- Society & Culture
If you have a few ‘buy now pay later’ purchases on the go, is that debt? And if it is, do you think of it as good debt or bad debt? With the introduction of options like Afterpay and its many competitors, this episode explores how debt has become a game that's easy to begin but nearly impossible to end, especially for Australia’s young people.
Useful Links
Buy Now, Pay Later: The Extraordinary Story of Afterpay Jonathan Shapiro & James Eyers
Young people, debt and consumer credit pilot study report University of Newcastle
If you have a few ‘buy now pay later’ purchases on the go, is that debt? And if it is, do you think of it as good debt or bad debt? With the introduction of options like Afterpay and its many competitors, this episode explores how debt has become a game that's easy to begin but nearly impossible to end, especially for Australia’s young people.
Useful Links
Buy Now, Pay Later: The Extraordinary Story of Afterpay Jonathan Shapiro & James Eyers
Young people, debt and consumer credit pilot study report University of Newcastle
25 min