Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoYou’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize?message-squaremessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareYou’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize?Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square84linkfedilinkfile-text
For example: private equity firms buying trailer parks and raising rents so high that people go bankrupt
minus-squaremrmacduggan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoSome areas to fix would be usury above certain interest rates (payday loans, mostly) and “health insurance” with high denial rates and soaring deductibles.
Some areas to fix would be usury above certain interest rates (payday loans, mostly) and “health insurance” with high denial rates and soaring deductibles.