Borrow, the American way of debt : [how personal credit created the American middle class and almost bankrupted the nation], Louis Hyman
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Borrow, the American way of debt : [how personal credit created the American middle class and almost bankrupted the nation], Louis Hyman
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Borrow
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bibliography
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Louis Hyman
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the American way of debt : [how personal credit created the American middle class and almost bankrupted the nation]
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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
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