MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01393cam a2200265 a 4500
001 2009011735
003 DLC
005 20091120120257.0
008 090324s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009011735
020 $a9781576603253 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHG3756.U54$bG45 2009
082 00 $a332.7/43$222
100 1 $aGeisst, Charles R.
245 10 $aCollateral damaged :$bthe marketing of consumer debt to America /$cCharles R. Geisst.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomberg Press,$c2009.
300 $a274 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aConsumer credit$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSaving and investment$zUnited States$xHistory.