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IELTS Essay: People today increasingly use credit cards to make monthly purchases. Do the ...

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People today increasingly use credit cards to make monthly purchases. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

#credit_cards#consumer_spending#debt_risk#financial_convenience#payment_methods

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 balances convenience against debt risks; Band 9 examines how credit systems perpetuate inequality and how advantages accrue to wealthy users while risks concentrate on vulnerable populations.

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Key concepts in this essay

Consumer behavior and credit accessibility
Debt and financial vulnerability
Interest rates and long-term costs
Inequality in creditworthiness assessment and financial inclusion

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Presenting credit card use as simply convenient without examining spending psychology or debt accumulation
Overlooking that credit access is unequally distributed and affects different populations differently
Listing advantages (rewards, convenience) and disadvantages (debt, interest) without analyzing which outweigh for whom

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