Example: a woman on Newsnight was wittering on about how her business wouldn’t be able to grow or survive seasonal variations in demand without credit, which is fair enough. But if her competitors, suppliers and customers hadn’t also been provided credit, the money she’d need to borrow to compete and pay for goods would be less.
Another example: Most people need to take out mortgages to buy houses. So house prices rise and the amount needed to borrow to buy a house goes up. If people didn’t borrow so much, the need to borrow would be less.
Example 3: The countries that borrowed the least, e.g. India, Middle-East and China, are about to overtake those that borrowed the most, e.g. you and me.
Another example: Most people need to take out mortgages to buy houses. So house prices rise and the amount needed to borrow to buy a house goes up. If people didn’t borrow so much, the need to borrow would be less.
Example 3: The countries that borrowed the least, e.g. India, Middle-East and China, are about to overtake those that borrowed the most, e.g. you and me.
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