Prime Numbers: The Plastic Revolution

As the rich world knows all too well, credit cards are as dangerous as they are convenient. With millions of consumers from China to Mexico filling their wallets with plastic, the risks are mounting as fast as people can say, "Charge it!"

BY RONALD J. MANN | FEBRUARY 19, 2008

 

Ronald J. Mann is professor of law at Columbia Law School and author of Charging Ahead: The Growth and Regulation of Payment Card Markets (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).

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