Hyman, Louis,  1977- <br/><br/>
Borrow :  the America  way of debt/ 
Louis Hyman. 
 - New York :  Vintage Books,  c2012. 
 - x, 292 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307741684 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 9780307744906 (ebook : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011041427 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumer credit--History.--United States<br/>Debt--History.--United States<br/>Loans, Personal--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions.<br/>United States--Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG3756.U54  / H95 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.7/43