@article{467275,
      recid = {467275},
      author = {Geisst, Charles R.},
      title = {Beggar thy neighbor a history of usury and debt /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press,},
      address = {Philadelphia :},
      pages = {1 online resource (vi, 388 p.)},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {In Beggar Thy Neighbor, financial historian Charles R.  Geisst tracks the changing perceptions of usury and debt  from the time of Cicero to the most recent financial  crises. This comprehensive economic history looks at  humanity's attempts to curb the abuse of debt while reaping  the benefits of credit. Beggar Thy Neighbor examines the  major debt revolutions of the past, demonstrating that  extensive leverage and debt were behind most financial  market crashes from the Renaissance to the present day.  Geisst argues that usury prohibitions, as part of the  natural law tradition in Western and Islamic societies,  continue to play a key role in banking regulation despite  modern advances in finance. From the Roman Empire to the  recent Dodd-Frank financial reforms, usury ceilings still  occupy a central place in notions of free markets and  economic justice.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/467275},
}