Plastic Capitalism Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control

On February 25, 2025 Sean Vanatta, Senior Lecturer in Financial History and Policy, University of Glasgow, discussed his research on the history of credit card regulation and the makings of his book Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the End of Financial Control with Julian Zelizer, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University. This event was co-sponsored by The Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies (GCEPS), Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF), Economic History Workshop (EHW), and Center for Collaborative History (CCH)