Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America

by Charles R. Geisst

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"Collateral Damaged explains how America had turned from a nation of savers into a nation of consumers addicted to debt. Wall Street then used that addiction to create "toxic securities" that threaten to bring about the collapse of the global economy. How can America get its fiscal house in order again?"--Provided by publisher.

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Charles R. Geisst

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Charleys R. Geisst is Ambassador Charles A. Gargano Professor of Finance at Manhattan College and a former investment banker. He is the author of 19 other books, including most recently Loan Sharks: The Birth of Predatory Lending.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Economics, Business, History
DDC/MDS: 332.743 — Social sciences Economics Financial economics Credit; credit system Consumer Credit
LCC: HG3756 .U54 .G45 — Social sciences Finance Finance Credit. Debt. Loans
BISAC: BUS BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Investments & Securities General

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