History in Plastic: Credit Cards

The average American holds more than $6300 in credit card debt. Money-lending is as old as human culture, but widely available revolving lines of credit is a relatively new invention that took decades to develop.

Nov 29, 2019 | 12:29 | Josh Geiger

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