The Economy of Promises : Trust, Power, and Credit in America /
A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America--and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-notsThe Economy of Promises is a far-reaching study of credit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Synthesizing and surveying economic and social history, Bru...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2022]
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2fwfzsv |
Table des matières:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Trust and Credit
- 3. Trade Credit and the Invention of Ratings
- 4. Bank Lending
- 5. Individual and Consumer Credit
- 6. Corporate Finance and Credit Ratings
- 7. Mortgages and Real Estate
- 8. Broken Promises
- 9. Sovereign Borrowers
- 10. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.