Episode: How does our current economic crisis impact consumer credit?


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How does our current economic crisis impact consumer credit?
We???re told that since consumer activity accounts for 70% of the economy we need to spend yet credit card interest rates are rising and Americans have lest cash to spend. We talk about consumer credit, how it is being impacted by our current economic woes and what the credit crisis means for the average American with Georgetown Law professor ADAM LEVITIN.