TY - BOOK AU - Mian, Atif R. AU - Sufi, Amir TI - House of debt: how they (and you) caused the great recession, and how we can prevent it from happening again SN - 9780226081946 U1 - 330.973​0 MIA PY - 2014/// CY - Chicago PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Consumer credit -- United States KW - Debtor and creditor -- United States KW - Financial crises -- Prevention KW - Financial crises -- United States KW - Foreclosure -- United States KW - Foreclosure -- United States -- Prevention N1 - Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra; Busted; 3. Environment - natural resources and environmental changes; 4. Economy - new opportunities for growth; 5. States and Markets - elements of good investment climate; 6. Global Links - evidence on globalization N2 - Is it a coincidence that the US witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before the recession - that the total amount of debt for American households doubled between 2000 and 2007 to ER -