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Debt for Sale : A Social History of the Credit Trap / / Brett Williams



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Autore: Williams Brett Visualizza persona
Titolo: Debt for Sale : A Social History of the Credit Trap / / Brett Williams Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
Disciplina: 332.7/43
Soggetto topico: Consumer credit - United States
Debt - United States
Soggetto non controllato: Anthropology
Business
Economics
Folklore
Linguistics
Political Science
Public Policy
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- 1 Don't Charge This Book! -- 2 Calling All Convenience Users -- 3 Rustling Up Revolvers -- 4 Seducing Students -- 5 Pummeling the Poor -- 6 Search for Solutions -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Sommario/riassunto: Credit and debt appear to be natural, permanent facets of Americans' lives, but a debt-based economy and debt-financed lifestyles are actually recent inventions. In 1951 Diners Club issued a plastic card that enabled patrons to pay for their meals at select New York City restaurants at the end of each month. Soon other "charge cards" (as they were then known) offered the convenience for travelers throughout the United States to pay for hotels, food, and entertainment on credit. In the 1970's the advent of computers and the deregulation of banking created an explosion in credit card use-and consumer debt. With gigantic national banks and computer systems that allowed variable interest rates, consumer screening, mass mailings, and methods to discipline slow payers with penalties and fees, middle-class Americans experienced a sea change in their lives. Given the enormous profits from issuing credit, banks and chain stores used aggressive marketing to reach Americans experiencing such crises as divorce or unemployment, to help them make ends meet or to persuade them that they could live beyond their means. After banks exhausted the profits from this group of people, they moved into the market for college credit cards and student loans and then into predatory lending (through check-cashing stores and pawnshops) to the poor. In 2003, Americans owed nearly
Titolo autorizzato: Debt for Sale  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21125-4
9786613211255
0-8122-0078-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781881003321
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