TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hyman,Louis
TI  - Borrow: the America  way of debt
SN  - 9780307741684 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HG3756.U54 H95 2012
U1  - 332.7/43 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Consumer credit
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Debt
KW  - Loans, Personal
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - 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
ER  -