Borrow : the America way of debt/ Louis Hyman.
Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, c2012.Description: x, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780307741684 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780307744906 (ebook : alk. paper)
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- HG3756.U54 H95 2012
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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.
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