The Engine of Enterprise : Credit in America / Rowena Olegario.
2016
HG3754.5.U6 .O444 2016
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Title
The Engine of Enterprise : Credit in America / Rowena Olegario.
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ISBN
9780674915480
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (284 p.) : 10 halftones, 5 tables
Item Number
10.4159/9780674915480 doi
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HG3754.5.U6 .O444 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
332.7/420973
Summary
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?
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One. "The Sound of Your Hammer"
Chapter Two. "To Be a Bankrupt Is Nothing"
Chapter Three. "There Is Considerable Friction"
Chapter Four. "To Open Up Mass Markets"
Chapter Five. "Children, Dogs, Cats, and Moose Are Getting Credit Cards"
Postscript
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One. "The Sound of Your Hammer"
Chapter Two. "To Be a Bankrupt Is Nothing"
Chapter Three. "There Is Considerable Friction"
Chapter Four. "To Open Up Mass Markets"
Chapter Five. "Children, Dogs, Cats, and Moose Are Getting Credit Cards"
Postscript
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index