TY  - BOOK
AU  - Geisst,Charles R.
TI  - Collateral damaged: the marketing of consumer debt to America 
SN  - 9781576603253
AV  - HG3756.U54 G45 2009
U1  - 332.7/43 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomberg Press
KW  - Consumer credit
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Saving and investment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index; The great American credit machine -- Creating a consumer credit society in the 1920s -- A self-fulfilling prophecy -- The rise of credit cards -- The mortgage explosion -- The politics of debt -- Policy implications -- Prescription and outlook
N2  - "Collateral Damaged explains how America had turned from a nation of savers into a nation of consumers addicted to debt. Wall Street then used that addiction to create "toxic securities" that threaten to bring about the collapse of the global economy. How can America get its fiscal house in order again?"--Provided by publisher
ER  -