The Culture of Debt: How a Once-Proud Society Mortgaged Its Future
by James V. McTevia
As the foremost pioneer of what has become a growth industry in America – turnaround management and the liquidation of failed companies – James V. McTevia knows all too well whereof he speaks – he has seen the ravages of debt addiction in every form, from every angle.
“Jim McTevia's The Culture of Debt grabs the reader by the lapels and shakes hard, telling us to wake up and get real, that it's not too late for us - and especially our surrogates in Washington - to heed the sound fiscal principles we know we must. This is a book that each and every adult should read and ponder.”
— Doron Levin, author and former journalist for
New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Bankrupt: A Society Living in the Future
by James V. McTevia
James V. McTevia has seen the ravages of debt addiction in every form, from every angle.
As a kid pushing a lawn mower to pay off his own impetuous debts. As a repo man, a bank loan officer, and a pioneer of the field of turnaround management. Finally as a nationally renowned business and management authority, James V. McTevia has dissected and dealt with the devastating consequences of crushing debt.
He knows first-hand the toll that irrational, excessive debt takes on people, institutions, and society.
“All those who are firmly convinced that it makes no sense for individuals, businesses, and government to repeatedly borrow, postponing the inevitable, will take great delight in McTevia's book… one of the most enlightening, informative, fun-to-read, right-to-the-point books you've ever seen on the subject of spending beyond your means.”
— Mary Brewer, Boothbay Register