The actor from Lock, Stock (and Press Gang, for a certain generation) has given The Telegraph a cautionary tale on the reckless spending and debt-mania that saw him go bankrupt at 31:
Browsing: debt
Debt isn’t just painful because of the interest bill you pay. There’s also the long-term value of that money if you’d saved and invested it instead.
Buy something on a credit card, pay off the minimum amount per month, and you’ll actually pay for it twice. Here’s the maths.
The only good debt is debt you take on for investment. Unless you run your own business, that begins and ends with an affordable mortgage to buy property. Get out of debt of any other kind, as soon as you can. Pay it off! Kill it dead! Borrowing to invest…
