Edward Bellamy and Credit Cards

Jim Westrich westrich at miser.umass.edu
Mon Feb 28 13:02:39 PST 2000


One of the most accurate predictions in Edward Bellamy's *Looking Backward* (1887) turned out to be the use of credit cards [no global socialism and I'm not sure if women's bust sizes are 11/2 inches larger]. Who was the first to propose/predict credit cards?

Thanks.

Jim

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