Gianna's credit card debt is $25,000, and she can barely make the mortgage on her seven-bedroom estate. What does Gianna's situation exemplify?

A. hypoconsumerism
B. hyperdebt
C. hyperconsumerism
D. the credit-debt society


Answer: B

Sociology

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