TY - GEN N2 - Tracing credit from colonial times to the present and highlighting its productive role in building national prosperity, Rowena Olegario probes questions that have divided Americans: Who should have access to credit? How should creditors assess creditworthiness? How can borrowers and lenders accommodate to the risks of a credit-dependent economy? DO - 10.4159/9780674915480 DO - doi AB - Tracing credit from colonial times to the present and highlighting its productive role in building national prosperity, Rowena Olegario probes questions that have divided Americans: Who should have access to credit? How should creditors assess creditworthiness? How can borrowers and lenders accommodate to the risks of a credit-dependent economy? T1 - The Engine of Enterprise :Credit in America / AU - Olegario, Rowena, JF - Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 CN - HG3754.5.U6 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1480444 KW - Commercial credit KW - Economic development KW - Finance KW - Mercantile system KW - United States--Economic conditions. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. SN - 9780674915480 TI - The Engine of Enterprise :Credit in America / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674915480 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674915480 ER -