No matter how useful, pleasant, legal, or logical, the rule of easy credit is a moral, cultural, economic, and political problem because it promotes and rewards fear avoidance on both a super-intimate and a socially comprehensive scale.

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This rule is bad news for society, which could do with hearing, from time to time, the logical arguments and wisdom built on experience that, at their best, business leaders can bring.

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