Teenage debt
When shopping becomes an addiction.
Recent studies have found that two in three young people between 18 and 24 admit to having a problem keeping their spending under control. The main casualties are young women, whose problems stem from over use of customer credit cards from department stores, which allow quick purchases without any money changing hands. (SF/swissinfo.ch)
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