The Engine of Enterprise : : Credit in America / / Rowena Olegario.
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 accommod...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) :; 10 halftones, 5 tables |
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| Other title: | 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 |
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| 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? |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674915480 9783110638585 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674915480 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Rowena Olegario. |