Borrow : the American way of debt / Louis Hyman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2012.Description: x, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0307741680 : PAP
  • 9780307741684
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.7/43 23
LOC classification:
  • HG3756.U54 H95 2012
Contents:
Introduction: everything old is new again -- When personal debt was really business debt (2000 B.C.-A.D. 1920) -- 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.
Summary: Provides key principles of both macro and microeconomics, discussing such issues as why budget deficits matter, what the Federal Reserve actually does, and why health insurance is so expensive.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.

Introduction: everything old is new again -- When personal debt was really business debt (2000 B.C.-A.D. 1920) -- 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.

Provides key principles of both macro and microeconomics, discussing such issues as why budget deficits matter, what the Federal Reserve actually does, and why health insurance is so expensive.

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