Pawnbroking, bankruptcy, debt, usury & God! 

Credit and debt — borrowing and lending — have long been a part of life.

Mortgage holders are all too familiar with the challenge of meeting their repayments and juggling the household budget — a challenge made even more difficult by the recent Reserve Bank decision to increase interest rates.

But are financial commitments purely economic obligations, or do they come with a significant moral burden? 

Guests: 

• Dr Lucie O’Brien,  Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Melbourne’s Centre for Commercial Law 
• Dr Ilsup Ahn, Professor of Philosophy at North Park University   
• Royce Kurmelovs - journalist