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Collateral damaged : the marketing of consumer debt to America
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Title
Collateral damaged : the marketing of consumer debt to America / Charles R. Geisst.
ISBN
9781576603253 (alk. paper)
1576603253 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Bloomberg Press, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
"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.
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Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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 credit
Policy implications
Prescription and outlook.
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