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Author Hyman, Louis, 1977-

Title Borrow : the American way of debt / Louis Hyman.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  332.743 H997    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  332.743 HYMAN    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  332.7 HYM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  332.743 HYMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  332.743 HY    DUE 06-11-19 Billed
Description x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-277) and index.
Contents 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 (1968-1986) -- The house of credit cards (1986-2008) -- Conclusion: turning the magic of borrowing into the reality of prosperity.
Subject Consumer credit -- United States -- History.
Debt -- United States -- History.
Loans, Personal -- United States -- History.
United States -- Economic conditions.
United States -- Economic policy.
ISBN 9780307741684 trade pbk. alkaline paper
0307741680 trade pbk. alkaline paper
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