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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2009
	Episode:		Zywicki on Debt and Bankruptcy
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:06:44
	Publish Date:		2009-03-02 05:30:00
	Description:		Todd Zywicki, of George Mason University Law School, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolving world of consumer debt and how institutions and public policy have influenced consumer access to debt and credit. Zywicki defends consumer credit as a crucial benefit to consumers and that innovation has made credit cheaper and more effective. He also talks about how misleading it can be to look at only one piece or another of credit picture. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the evolution of bankruptcy law in the United States.
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