The Economy of Promises : : Trust, Power, and Credit in America / / Bruce G. Carruthers.
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, Bruc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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