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Bankruptcy rates in the U.S. have been growing for more than two decades despite generally rising levels of personal income. The
Bankruptcy rates in the U.S. have been growing for more than two decades despite generally rising levels of personal income. The
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2022-08-04
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Bankruptcy rates in the U.S. have been growing for more than two decades despite generally rising levels of personal income. The most prominent explanation puts the blame directly on credit cards, which became vastly more popular in the past 30 years. University of Pennsylvania law professor David A. Skeel notes that a 1978 Supreme Court decision allowed credit-card companies to charge the interest rate allowed in their state of incorporation. As a result, many incorporated in the high-rate states of Delaware and South Dakota. Being able to charge high rates throughout the country, they could afford to issue cards to those with limited ability to repay. Many high-risk cardholders, overburdened with debt, filed for bankruptcy.
Skeel also notes that
the impersonality of credit-card borrowing
may have helped weaken the moral imperative to repay debts: in the 1960s a prospective borrower met face-to-face with a bank lending officer, but today the borrower gets credit by responding to a junk-mail offer.
Other developments also fueled the rise in bankruptcy, including medical bills. A Harvard University study found that about a quarter of filers cited illness or injury as the specific reason for their troubles. Loss of jobs probably also drove some credit-card holders into bankruptcy. Other possible contributors include the growth of the gambling industry in recent years and the Supreme Court’s 1977 decision to allow lawyers to advertise directly to the general public.
Changes in bankruptcy law apparently have had little effect on filings. The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 was designed to make it easier for consumers to pay off debts and start anew. As under previous acts, penniless debtors could file for complete discharge of debts under Chapter 7, and debtors with substantial assets could arrange for partial repayment under Chapter 13. Most filers opted for the more generous provisions of Chapter 7. During the six years following implementation of the act, filings rose substantially. The act was amended in 1984 to curb opportunistic petitions. However, filings went in the opposite direction than expected. Evidently, easy credit and other debt-creating forces have been more powerful.
The latest legal effort is the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which went into effect in October. The new act lays down far more strict standards for debtors, including a test to qualify for Chapter 7 relief. Despite the new restrictions, bankruptcy experts tend to be skeptical or noncommittal about the effectiveness in reducing filings.
By saying "the impersonality of credit-card borrowing" (Line 1, Para 2), the author implies that ________.
选项
A、e-mails have taken over interpersonal communications
B、face-to-face interviews with bankers would strengthen morality
C、people can own a credit card by replying to a junk-mail offer
D、credit-card borrowing has lost the moral obligations
答案
C
解析
根据题干可直接定位到第二段。该段谈到利用诸如邮件等简单方式进行信用卡借贷比面谈的借贷更可能导致持卡人在道德上松懈还款责任。因此C项为正确答案,A项是对电子邮件应用程度的过度引申,电子邮件只是人际交往的一种方式,并不能完全替代入与人之间的交往。B项夸大了面对面的借贷过程的作用,原文仅指出以前借款人和信贷人员需要进行面谈,但与借款人的面谈并非意味着能够加强人的道德感,此外本题问的是作者说的“the impersonality of credit-card borrowing”的含义或暗含的意思,B项也属于答非所问。D项的说法过于绝对,电子借贷过程并非一定丧失了道德责任. 文中仅说“可能导致松懈”。
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