An edition of Borrow (2012)

Borrow

the way of debt in modern America

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An edition of Borrow (2012)

Borrow

the way of debt in modern America

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
292

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Borrow: the way of debt in modern America
2012, Vintage Books
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Table of 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: 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
332.7/43
Library of Congress
HG3756.U54 H95 2012, HG3756.U54H95 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
292

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25078394M
ISBN 13
9780307741684, 9780307744906
LCCN
2011041427
OCLC/WorldCat
724650219

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16215498W

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