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DEBTOR NATION
DEBTOR NATION
Subtitle:
The History of America in Red Ink
Book Category:
Business & Economics > Development > General
Author:
Hyman, Louis
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691140681
Price:
USD 35.00
Publication Year:
2011

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Princeton University Press.

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How did banks begin making personal loans to consumers during the Great Depression? Why did the government invent mortgage-backed securities? Why was all consumer credit, not just mortgages, tax deductible until 1986? Who invented the credit card?

 

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