A nation of deadbeats : an uncommon history of America's financial disasters / Scott Reynolds Nelson.
Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
2012
HB3743 .N45 2012 (Mapit)
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Title A nation of deadbeats : an uncommon history of America's financial disasters / Scott Reynolds Nelson.
Author Nelson, Scott Reynolds.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780307272690
0307272699
Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Language English
Description xvi, 330 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number HB3743 .N45 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.5/42
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-319) and index.
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