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Beggar Thy Neighbor : A History of Usury and Debt /

In this book, a financial historian tracks the changing perceptions of usury and debt from the time of Cicero to the financial crises of the early twenty-first century. This comprehensive economic history looks at humanity's attempts to curb the abuse of debt while reaping the benefits of credi...

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Autor principal: Geisst, Charles R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Saints and sinners -- Embracing Shylock -- Protestants, war, and capitalism -- The great experiment -- The new debt revolution -- Something old, something new -- Islam, interest, and microlending -- The consumer debt revolution -- Appendix : Early interest rate tables and calculations. 
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