Joe Hall Patton
@TheHistoryGuyChannel·1.6M subscribers·2.2K videos
History in Plastic: Credit Cards
Posted
November 29, 2019
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271,340
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November 29, 2019
271,340
16,163
1,063
6.35%
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12:29Now PlayingThe 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. The History Guy remembers the forgotten history of credit cards.
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