Adam Goldstein
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The Emergence of a Finance Culture in American Households, 1989-2007
As the financial economy has expanded beginning in the mid-1980s, it has done so in part by selling more products to individuals and households.
Inequality, Financialization, and the Growth of Household Debt in the U.S., 1989-2007
Household indebtedness in the United States grew dramatically during the decades leading up to the financial crisis.