# Trip 49: Debt

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[[Debt]].

-   People went along with [[neoliberalism]] because they could get cheap flat screen TVs and holidays.

-   People could afford luxury goods because of the collapse of manufacturing costs and cheap credit.

-   Consumption was not funded by wage rises.

-   House ownership massively affects your ability to take on debt.

-   [[Debt: The First 5,000 Years]] by [[David Graeber]].

-   [[Everyday communism]]. Sociality.

-   Very little in everyday life operates like a market.

-   Even the internals of corporations don't operate like markets.