@article{452165, author = {Nelson, Scott Reynolds.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/452165}, title = {A nation of deadbeats : an uncommon history of America's financial disasters /}, publisher = {Alfred A. Knopf,}, abstract = {A history of financial crashes in the United States offers concise explanations of little-understood principles about consumer debt that were at the core of each recession, recounting lending practices and schemes that triggered large-scale crashes and controversies.}, recid = {452165}, pages = {xvi, 330 p., [12] p. of plates :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2012}, }