Author: William Henry Carpenter
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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The History of Connecticut, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Ed. by W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur
Author: William Henry Carpenter
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Publisher:
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Modern Reform Examined
Author: Joseph Clay Stiles
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The History of New Jersey from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
Author: William Henry Carpenter
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Travels in Egypt and Palestine
Author: John Thomas
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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The History of Ohio
Author: William Henry Carpenter
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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A Method of Increasing the Yield of the Milch-cow
Author: John Nefflen
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Category : Cows
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Cows
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The Economy of Promises
Author: Bruce G. Carruthers
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069123809X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-nots The Economy of Promises is a far-reaching study of credit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Synthesizing and surveying economic and social history, Bruce Carruthers examines how issues of trust stitch together the modern U.S. economy. In the case of credit, that trust involves a commitment by debtors to repay money they have borrowed from lenders. Each promise poses a fundamental question: why does the lender trust the borrower? The book tracks the dramatic shift from personal qualitative judgments to the impersonal quantitative measurements of credit scores and ratings, which make lending on a much greater scale possible. It discusses how lending is shaped by the shadow of failure, and the possibility that borrowers will break their promises and fail to repay their debts. It reveals how credit markets have been shaped by public policy, regulatory changes, and various political factors. And, crucially, it explains how credit interacts with economic inequality, contributing to vast and enduring racial and gender differences—which are only exacerbated by the widespread use of credit scores and ratings for “big data” and algorithmic decision-making. Bringing to life the complicated and abstract terrain of human interaction we call the economy, The Economy of Promises is an important study of the tangle of indebtedness that, for better or worse, shapes and defines American lives.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069123809X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-nots The Economy of Promises is a far-reaching study of credit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Synthesizing and surveying economic and social history, Bruce Carruthers examines how issues of trust stitch together the modern U.S. economy. In the case of credit, that trust involves a commitment by debtors to repay money they have borrowed from lenders. Each promise poses a fundamental question: why does the lender trust the borrower? The book tracks the dramatic shift from personal qualitative judgments to the impersonal quantitative measurements of credit scores and ratings, which make lending on a much greater scale possible. It discusses how lending is shaped by the shadow of failure, and the possibility that borrowers will break their promises and fail to repay their debts. It reveals how credit markets have been shaped by public policy, regulatory changes, and various political factors. And, crucially, it explains how credit interacts with economic inequality, contributing to vast and enduring racial and gender differences—which are only exacerbated by the widespread use of credit scores and ratings for “big data” and algorithmic decision-making. Bringing to life the complicated and abstract terrain of human interaction we call the economy, The Economy of Promises is an important study of the tangle of indebtedness that, for better or worse, shapes and defines American lives.
Central Route to the Pacific
Author: Gwinn Harris Heap
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Publisher: University of Michigan Library
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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The Publishers' Circular
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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