TY - BOOK N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - Collateral damaged :the marketing of consumer debt to America / DA - 2009. CY - New York : AU - Geisst, Charles R. ET - 1st ed. CN - HG3756.U54 CN - HG3756.U54 PB - Bloomberg Press, PP - New York : PY - 2009. ID - 334928 KW - Consumer credit KW - Saving and investment SN - 9781576603253 (alk. paper) SN - 1576603253 (alk. paper) TI - Collateral damaged :the marketing of consumer debt to America / ER -