Secret History of the Credit Card

Streaming video - 2004

The average American family today carries 10 credit cards. Credit card debt and personal bankruptcies are now at an all time high. With no legal limit on the amount of interest or fees that can be charged, credit cards have become the most profitable sector of the American banking industry: more than {dollar}30 billion in profits last year alone. FRONTLINE examines how the credit card industry became so pervasive, so lucrative, and so powerful.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : PBS 2004.
2018.
Language
English
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Title from title frames.
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In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time
00:55:14
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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