Why the Difficulty of Getting Into Debt in the ’90s Was a Gift.

#4 — Asking for money to spend on things you couldn’t afford was embarrassing.

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When I was growing up in the 1980s, talking about money was a taboo subject. Asking someone how much they made was up there with sex, religion, and home life. There were questions you didn’t ask and things you didn’t tell…