[Free pdf] Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit (Princeton Paperbacks)
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Informative, but a little borning.By MichaelCalder brings up a lot interesting developments surrounding the growth of consumer credit, which can easily draw parallels to cirticisms of modern day institutions such as social networks (we're loosing "real" social contact! Not really, we're just changing how we make it). The price was hefty, however, and it's pretty borning to slug through.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsFrom Publishers WeeklyDebunking what he calls the "myth of lost economic virtue"Athe notion that Americans lived debt-free until the advent of consumer credit gave rise to a kind of collective hedonism corrosive to traditional moral valuesACalder traces the uses of credit and historical attitudes tOnce there was a golden age of American thrift, when citizens lived sensibly within their means and worked hard to stay out of debt. The growing availability of credit in this century, however, has brought those days to an end--undermining traditional moral virtues such as prudence, diligence, and the delay of gratification while encouraging reckless consumerism. Or so we commonly believe. In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Lendol Calder shows that this conception of the past is in fa... [PDF.ed59] Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit (Princeton Paperbacks) Rating: 4.70 (576 Votes)
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