Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Hyman, Louis, 1977- Title: Borrow : the America way of debt / Louis Hyman. Publisher, Date: New York : Vintage Books, ©2012. Description: x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm 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. Subjects: Consumer credit -- United States -- History. Debt -- United States -- History. Loans, Personal -- United States -- History. United States -- Economic conditions. United States -- Economic policy. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. LCCN: 2011041427 ISBN: 9780307741684 0307741680 Other Number: 724650219 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 310572 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 332.743 Hyman Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1