Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast
Jessica Levy and Dylan Gottlieb
Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and social and cultural critics about capitalism's past, highlighting the political and economic changes that have created the present. Each episode gives voice to the people who have shaped capitalism – by making the rules or by breaking them, by creating economic structures or by resisting them.
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May 1, 2014 • 43min
Louis Hyman on the History of Consumer Credit
Louis Hyman of Cornell University discusses the changing shape of consumer credit since World War II. Ever wondered how the credit card came to be? Who benefits and who loses in our system of consumer credit? Or how debt shapes American lives? Listen to find out.
