The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices - Softcover

Gelpi, R.; Julien-Labruyère, F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349418021 ISBN 13: 9781349418022

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2000

Synopsis

PART ONE: CREDIT FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES: DOGMA VERSUS PRACTICE Usury in the Ancient World Almsgiving Versus Usury The Two-sided Attitude of the Church The Cleavage of the Reformation The Hypocritical Masks of the Ancien Régime The Contrast of the Enlightenment Towards an Economic Concept PART II: CONSUMER CREDIT IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES: PRACTICE VERSUS DOGMA The American Way European Ways Are We Overindebted? Conclusion Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349418021
• ISBN 13: 9781349418022
• Binding: Paperback