Ngrams. Word usage. For example, the graph titled "The use of credit" shows the usage of that phrase. It does not
show the use of credit. And the graph titled "Beneficial credit" shows
all usage of that particular word combination, not only when the source
says credit is beneficial, but also when they say it is not.
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"Credit is good" (Peak circa 1918) |
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"The use of credit" (Peak circa 1933) |
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"Beneficial credit" (Peak circa 1985) |
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"Credit and economic growth" (Peaks in 1959 and 2017) |
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"Debt and economic growth" (Peak in 2019 with end-of-data) |
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"Credit and debt" and "debt and credit" |
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"Good credit" (Usage now half what is was in the early 1800s) |
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1 comment:
The fourth ("credit and economic growth") and fifth ("debt and economic growth") graphs show no activity before the 1940s. This suggests to me that there was no well-developed economic analysis of the effects of credit use and debt until some time after the second world war.
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