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The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and Utilities

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The Economy Is So Bad That People Are Using Klarna for Rent and Utilities
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There was a time in the not-so-distant-past when credit cards were a genuine novelty for American consumers.



First emerging in the late 1950s, credit cards spread through households like wildfire during the 70s and 80s, fueling the rapid development of card technology and thus enabling them to become ubiquitous personal finance vehicles they are today. In a matter of decades, private credit has become the bedrock of the post-industrial US economy, contributing nearly $900 billion to the coun

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