British author L.P. Hartley wrote, “The past is a foreign country … they do things differently there.” That was certainly true when it came to debt. For much of history, if you failed to repay your creditors, you went to prison, or experienced something even worse. But in some ways, are debtors still imprisoned? On today's Faith & Finance on AFR, host Rob West will talk about it, then he'll answer questions on a variety of financial topics.
