One of the shibboleth's of our political class in the moral duty to pay one's debts... but, of course, this also has a major class dimension.
Reporting on a bit of economic anthropology among a low-income community n Southern England, Ryan Davey (CardiffU) observes:
'Usually they are labelled as irresponsible or lacking financial skills. But ignoring debts is often a deliberate response to a situation that people find immoral or harmful to their health'!
#economics
https://theconversation.com/why-people-ignore-debt-letters-and-what-it-says-about-inequality-today-256293
