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skm on Aug 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Debt Has Defined Human History

The threat of prison is supposed to make people more likely to pay back their debts.

OstiaAntica on Aug 7, 2011 [–]

And not take on too much debt to begin with.

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