Secret History of the Credit Card
Description
The average American family today carries 10 credit cards. With credit card debt and personal bankruptcies now at an all time high, this episode of Frontline examines how the credit card industry became so pervasive, so lucrative, and so powerful. The program investigates why there were no legal limits on the amount of interest or fees that can be charged and how credit cards have become the most profitable sector of the American banking industry, with more than
Runtime
60 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2011], c2004
Database
Films on Demand
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