Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream

by R. Christopher Whalen

Book Overview

Americans as a whole view themselves as reasonably prudent and sober people when it comes to matters of money, reflecting the puritan roots of the earliest European settlers. Yet as a community, we also seem to believe that we are entitled to a lifestyle that is well-beyond our current income, a tendency that goes back to the earliest days of the United States and particularly to get rich quick experiences ranging from the Gold Rush of the 1840s to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470875143
• ISBN13: 9780470875148
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"