Debt in the moral maze

Is it immoral to lend or to borrow?

Michael Buerk, our intrepid guide through the BBC’s Moral Maze

On BBC Radio’s Moral Maze this week, we discussed the ethics of debt. With soaring inflation and astronomical levels of personal debt, a charity has warned that money borrowed by British households to pay for Christmas could take years to repay. Meanwhile, a research study suggests that the B…