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This item is only available for Canadian orders.
Catalogue Number: 040537
ISBN Number: 0793646901
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Business Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2004
Running Time: 60
Closed Captions: Yes
The Secret History of the Credit Card: Frontline
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: 040537
ISBN Number: 0793646901
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Business Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2004
Running Time: 60
Closed Captions: Yes
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 $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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