The History of Consumer Credit : Doctrines and Practices

R. Gelpi

ISBN 10: 0333778979 / ISBN 13: 9780333778975

Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Mär 2000, 2000

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Neuware - From the early forms of loans to farmers to present day credit cards, consumer credit has always been part of human life and economics. However, ever since the Bible, controversy has reigned as to its legitimacy. It is the history of this controversy that is presented here by the authors. Outlining significant developments in different aspects of consumer credit from the Hammurabi Code through to current questions such as household overindebtedness, they shed some historical light on modern debates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of Consumer Credit : Doctrines and Practices
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Mär 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333778979
• ISBN 13: 9780333778975
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 417 grams

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Synopsis

From the early forms of loans to farmers to present day credit cards, consumer credit has always been part of human life and economics. However, ever since the Bible, controversy has reigned as to its legitimacy. It is the history of this controversy that is presented here by the authors. Outlining significant developments in different aspects of consumer credit from the Hammurabi Code through to current questions such as household overindebtedness, they shed some historical light on modern debates.

About the Author

ROSA-MARIA GELPI is Professor of Economics at the free University of Lille and Vice-President of Cetelem, the first European group specialising in consumer credit. She is the author of many academic articles on monetary history, monetary policy, European monetary union and consumer credit.

FRANÇOIS JULIEN-LABRUYÉRE is a director of Cetelem, responsible for international development and on the board of Eurofinas. He is also the author of a number of economic and social histories of the Charente region of France.