Collateral damaged : the marketing of consumer debt to America / Charles R. Geisst.
Geisst, Charles R.
2009
HG3756.U54 G45 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Collateral damaged : the marketing of consumer debt to America / Charles R. Geisst.
Author Geisst, Charles R.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781576603253 (alk. paper)
1576603253 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Bloomberg Press, 2009.
Language English
Description 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number HG3756.U54 G45 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 332.7/43
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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