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Franklin's Thrift : the Lost History of an American Virtue.
Americans today often think of thrift as a negative value - a miserly hoarding of resources and a denial of pleasure. Even more telling, many Americans don't even think of thrift at all anymore. Franklin's Thrift challenges this state of mind by recovering the rich history of thrift as a q...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Conshohocken :
Templeton Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part One:Franklin's Thrift; Chapter 1: Franklin's Wayto Wealth; Part Two: Thrift after Franklin; Chapter 2: U.S. Mutual Savings Banks and the "Savings Bank Idea"; Chapter 3: Thrift for a New Century; Chapter 4: A Century of Thrift Shops; Chapter 5: In Savings We Trust; Part Three: For a New Thrift; Chapter 6: Confronting the American Debt Culture; Chapter 7: Crafting Policies to Encourage Thrift in Contemporary America; Chapter 8: Private Enterprise's Role in Increasing Savings; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1.