Winner of the William G. Bowen Prize Named a "Triumph" of 2018 by New York Times Book CriticsShortlisted for the 800-CEO-READ Business Book AwardThe untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy"--ho...

In this lively history of consumer debt in America, economic historian Louis Hyman demonstrates that today's problems are not as new as we think.  Borrow examines how the rise of consumer borrowing—virtually unknown before the twen...