Credit Card Nation

Dec 26, 2001
Paperback
US $18.00
CAN $21.95
UK £12.99
ISBN: 9780465043675
ISBN-10: 0465043674
Published by Basic Books

Description

Credit-card debt is choking American prosperity off at the neck. In Credit Card Nation, Robert D. Manning tells a fascinating story about the present and future consequences of credit dependence across all strata of U.S. society. Through extensive interviews with consumers, Manning talks to debtors, and to average Americans, affected by what Manning describes as our "credit card nation": an American juggernaut of indebtedness that spans personal, corporate, and governmental debt.

Reviews

"Manning's comprehensive approach to the causes of credit-card debt is far more compelling than the simple notion that aggressive marketing campaigns and solicitations alone have propelled the trend of credit-card-based lifestyles.... Manning does justice to the intricacies of the causes."
— Washington Monthly

“From college students just starting out to midlifers trying to maintain or buy their way into a middle-class standard of living—or reeling from unexpected life events such as divorce—no group is immune to the temptation of plastic. If these tales of credit-induced woe don’t scare you into cutting up your MasterCard, nothing will.”
— The Washington Post Book World

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