Episode
History 101: Credit Cards
Overview
Credit cards changed the global economy and attitudes about personal spending, but record levels of consumer debt beg the question: Just who's in charge?
Details
- Series
- History 101
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2022-08-25
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Credit Cards is Episode 3 in Season 2 of History 101. It aired on 2022-08-25. The runtime is 21 min.
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