It caused more people to want to purchase consumer goods.
The installment plans of the 1920s were pretty much the same as any other installment plans. Installment plans are credit systems where payment for merchandise/items is made in installments over a pre-approved period of time. In the 1920s, the items people could purchase with an installment plan included: automobiles, automobile parts, household appliances, radios, phonographs, pianos, and furniture.
retail buying on installment of credit
During the 1920s, the United States made major advancements in mass production, credit availability, and wide spread advertising. This economic prosperity led the new consumer society of the time.
it made life easier for working women
it made life easier for working women
it made life easier for working women
In the 1920s the most popular way to purchase expensive goods was through installment plans. Allowing people to purchase things through installment plans helped to fuel consumerism.
Stock market crash due to buying on margin and overextention of credit to buy consumer goods.
Credit became widely used for purchasing consumer good for the first time in the 1920s. Prior to this time it was only used by the very wealthy.
the Installment Plan
Margin
unevenly distributed through the population, this is because during the early 1920s farmers found themselves caught in a recession while the urban centers were producing more in an age of consumer buying. by: Noman Hossain