Borrow : the America way of debt/ Louis Hyman.
By: Hyman, Louis.
New York : Vintage Books, c2012Description: x, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780307741684 (trade pbk. : alk. paper); 9780307744906 (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 policyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 332.7/43| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HG3756.U54 H95 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001267 |
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: the hidden world of securitization (1968-1986) -- The house of credit cards (1986-2008) -- Conclusion: turning the magic of borrowing into the reality of prosperity.