TY - GEN AU - Geisst, Charles R. TI - Collateral damaged: the marketing of consumer debt to America SN - 9781576603253 U1 - 332.743 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Bloomberg Press KW - Consumer credit --United States --History KW - Saving and investment --United States --History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -