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Borrow : the American way of debt / Louis Hyman.

By: Hyman, Louis, 1977-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780307741684 (trade pbk. : alk. paper); 0307741680 (trade pbk. : alk. paper); 9780307744906 (ebook : alk. paper); 0307744906 (ebook : alk. paper).Subject(s): Consumer credit -- United States -- History | Debt -- United States -- History | Loans, Personal -- United States -- History | United States -- Economic conditions | United States -- Economic policyDDC classification: 332.7/43
Contents:
Introduction: everything old is new again -- When personal debt was really business debt (2000 BC-1920 AD) -- Everybody paid cash for the Model T (1908-1929) -- Fannie Mae can save America (1924-1939) -- How I learned to stop worrying and love the debt (1945-1960) -- Discounted goods and distributed credit (1959-1970) -- Bringing good things to life (1970-1985) -- If only the gnomes had known (1968-1986) -- The house of credit cards (1986-2008) -- Conclusion: turning the magic of borrowing into the reality of prosperity.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 332.743 H997 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003740149

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: everything old is new again -- When personal debt was really business debt (2000 BC-1920 AD) -- Everybody paid cash for the Model T (1908-1929) -- Fannie Mae can save America (1924-1939) -- How I learned to stop worrying and love the debt (1945-1960) -- Discounted goods and distributed credit (1959-1970) -- Bringing good things to life (1970-1985) -- If only the gnomes had known (1968-1986) -- The house of credit cards (1986-2008) -- Conclusion: turning the magic of borrowing into the reality of prosperity.

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