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The Roaring Twenties And The Birth Of Consumer Credit - Martha Olney

The Roaring Twenties And The Birth Of Consumer Credit - Martha Olney

The Jolly Swagman Podcast
Sea. 4 Ep. 1071 hr, 3 min
7 Dec 20
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Martha Olney is an economist and Teaching Professor in Berkeley's Economics Department.Show notesSelected links Follow Martha: Website | Twitter Buy Now, Pay Later: Advertising, Credit, and Consumer Durables in the 1920s, by Martha Olney Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression, by Peter Temin Advertising the American Dream: Making Way for Modernity, 1920 – 1940, by Roland Marchand Traitor to his Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by H. W. Brands 'The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis', paper by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi Topics discussed How did Martha become interested in the history of consumer credit? 3:28 The birth of consumer credit. 6:54 How consumer credit companies and advertisers midwifed a change in cultural attitudes regarding borrowing. 16:41 What is the relationship between the increase in inequality and the rise in consumer credit during the 1920s? 31:34 Political elites in the Great Depression versus the Great Recession. 47:35 How did studying the 1920s prepare Martha for the Great Recession? 54:58 If private debt is capitalism's Achilles Heel, what should we do about it? 57:54 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.