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Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit

Contributors:: Lendol Calder
Publisher:: Princeton University Press 1999
Subjects:: Consumer Credit--United States--History
Consumption (Economics)--United States--History
Consumers--United States--History

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that consumer credit has turned America into a nation of bankrupts (in...Exhorted to cut up their credit cards, they react like earlier...essential nature.The developments in consumer credit over the years since thecredit...

It's in the Cards: Consumer Credit and the American Experience

Contributors:: Lloyd Klein
Publisher:: Praeger Publishers 1999
Subjects:: Consumer Credit--Social Aspects--United States
Consumer Credit--United States
Credit Cards--United States

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...next chapter offers adeconstruction of credit card advertising images used in communicatingaesthetic...andluxurious then the dwellings of any other nation. Food is cheap and abundant. The typicalfamily...owns a fantastic array of household and consumer appliances: we have machines towash our...

It's in the Cards: Consumer Credit and the American Experience

Contributors:: Lloyd Klein
Publisher:: Praeger 1999
Subjects:: Consumer Credit--Social Aspects--United States
Consumer Credit--United States
Credit Cards--United States

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...next chapter offers a deconstruction of credit card advertising images used in communicating...luxurious then the dwellings of any other nation. Food is cheap and abundant. The typical...owns a fantastic array of household and consumer appliances: we have machines to wash...

The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting, and the New Consumer

Contributors:: Juliet B. Schor
Publisher:: Basic Books 1998
Subjects:: Consumer Behavior--United States
Consumption (Economics)--United States
Credit--United States
Debt--United States
Finance, Personal--United States

Lifestyles--United States Values--United States
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...watch" (as NBC touts aboutitself): its members receive almost half of the nation's annual incomeand use it to create a compelling consumer lifestyle. What if tax andother government policies improved the distribution of income...

Genres of the Credit Economy: Mediating Value in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain

Contributors:: Mary Poovey
Publisher:: University of Chicago Press 2008
Subjects:: Finance--Great Britain--History
Consumer Credit--Great Britain--History
Money--Social Aspects--Great Britain
Economics And Literature--Great Britain--History
Literary Form--History

English Literature--History And Criticism Money In Literature
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...the role that paper money should play inBritain's credit economy, involved a number of writers who differed...that competition meant progress, paper money extended credit, andno nation lacking either would prosper in the modern age. In...

Women and Credit: Researching the Past, Refiguring the Future

Contributors:: Beverly Lemire
Ruth Pearson
Gail Campbell
Publisher:: Berg 2001
Subjects:: Women--Economic Conditions--Congresses
Credit--Congresses
Sex Discrimination In Consumer Credit--Congresses

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...132–42First Nation initiatives, 138 U...305in successful micro-credit programs,126, 135U...320loans (See also credit markets),loan funds...ROSCAs, 94facilitating consumer purchases, 99high rate...68Debt (See also Banks, Credit, MicroCredit...

Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink

Contributors:: Louis Hyman
Publisher:: Princeton University Press 2011
Subjects:: Consumer Credit--United States--History--20th Century
Debt--United States--History--20th Century
Loans, Personal--United States--History--20th Century
United States--Economic Conditions--20th Century
United States--Economic Policy--20th Century

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...and Lewis Mandell, The Credit Card Industry: A HisU...s narrative of the credit card'sorigin provides...most other histories of consumer credit. Other, morerecent...Manning's Credit Card Nation,rely on Mandell's...

Money and Credit: Their Influence on Jobs, Prices, and Growth: Report

Contributors:: Commission On Money And Credit.
Publisher:: Prentice Hall 1961
Subjects:: Currency Question--United States
Finance--United States
Credit--United States

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...assets to incomes and the verylow ratios of consumer and business debt to incomes which prevailed...believes that with appropriatemonetary, credit, and fiscal policies we should be able...UnemploymentBy the Employment Act of 1946 the nation set high and stable levelsof employment...

U.S. Consumer Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles

Contributors:: Loree Bykerk
Ardith Maney
Publisher:: Greenwood Press 1995
Subjects:: Consumer Protection--United States--Societies, Etc--Directories
Consumer Education--United States--Societies, Etc--Directories

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...RESOURCESThe National Consumer Law Center was founded...the purpose ofmaking consumer law work for the interests...hasestablished itself as the nation's consumer law specialist, acting...eleven-volume Consumer Credit and Sales Legal PracU...

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Educating the Consumer: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media

Contributors:: Joel Spring
Publisher:: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2002
Subjects:: Mass Media--United States--History
Consumer Behavior--United States--History
Consumer Education--United States--History
Advertising--United States--History

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...toconsume products. The consumer is irrational and can...transform one's life. Consumer credit is forced savings allowing...United States into a nation driven by work and consumption...briefdefinition of consumerism and consumer-citizen, I expand...

Consumer Credit Declines in May

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, July 9, 1991

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......5 percent rate. Consumer credit includes all con...much of overall consumer spending which represents...thirds of the nation's economic activity...Analysts look to the consumer sector to lead the...said the consumer credit report suggested......

Consumer Credit Falls 2.5%

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, November 8, 1991

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......percent increase in April. Consumer credit includes all consumer loans except mortgages...finance much of overall consumer spending, which represents two-thirds of the nation's economic activity. Automobile credit continued to show the......

Consumer Credit Drops 3.7 Percent Annual Rate

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, April 6, 1991

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......February 1987. Consumer credit includes all consmer...much of overall consumer spending that represents...thirds of the nation's economic activity...Persian Gulf War that consumer confidence and willingness...expects consumer credit to be weak for months......

Consumer Credit Plunges in December

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, February 8, 1992

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......December were a disappointment. Consumer credit includes all consumer loans except mortgages and...represents two-thirds of the nation's economic activity. Installment...the 1957-58 recession, consumer credit continued to rise during post......

Consumer Credit Rate Drop Steepest in Nearly 4 Years

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, February 8, 1991

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......first reported, however. Consumer credit includes all consumer loans except mortgages and...about two-thirds of the nation's economic activity...December. All other types of consumer debt, including credit card debt, declined in......

Consumer Credit Unchanged

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, September 11, 2001

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......must be financed on credit, out of concern...last week that the nation's unemployment...than six years. Consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of the nation's economic activity. In July, consumer credit dipped by a tiny......

Consumer Credit Falls at 4% Rate

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, March 8, 1991

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......spending. The Federal Reserve said consumer installment debt dropped a seasonally...percent rate to $1.45 billion. Consumer credit includes all consumer loans except mortgages and home...represents two-thirds of the nation's economic activity. In recent......

Consumer Credit Poses Problems for Economy

Publication:: The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 21, 1996

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......a consumer-led recession. Consumer credit problems are mounting. Growth in the category of consumer credit that reflects borrowing for large...indications, the slowdown in consumer credit creation will last for years......

Bankers Bank Offfers Consumer Credit Card / for Independent Banks

Contributors:: Carter, Kim
Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, October 14, 1987

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......credit and extending credit lines to each individual...and exercise their own credit policies. In that case...offer lower rates to the consumer, Brennan said. "Many...and issue cards and set credit lines based on the area...Bankcard Association, the nation's largest non-profit......

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Consumer Credit Drops 3% in June

Publication:: THE JOURNAL RECORD, August 8, 1991

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......9 percent gain. Consumer credit includes all consumer loans except mortgages...finance much of overall consumer spending, which represents...two-thirds of the nation's economic activity...desire to pay down credit outstanding." Except......