عنوان

Beggar thy neighbor :

(Number (ISBN

0812207505

(Number (ISBN

9780812207507

Erroneous ISBN

0812244621

Erroneous ISBN

9780812244625

Title Proper

Beggar thy neighbor :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

a history of usury and debt /

First Statement of Responsibility

Charles R. Geisst.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Philadelphia :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2013.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (400 pages)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

In Beggar Thy Neighbor, financial historian Charles R. Geisst tracks the changing perceptions of usury and debt from the time of Cicero to the most recent financial crises. This comprehensive economic history looks at humanity's attempts to curb the abuse of debt while reaping the benefits of credit. Beggar Thy Neighbor examines the major debt revolutions of the past, demonstrating that extensive leverage and debt were behind most financial market crashes from the Renaissance to the present day. Geisst argues that usury prohibitions, as part of the natural law tradition in Western and Islamic societies, continue to play a key role in banking regulation despite modern advances in finance. From the Roman Empire to the recent Dodd-Frank financial reforms, usury ceilings still occupy a central place in notions of free markets and economic justice.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt35f2s7

Title

Beggar thy neighbor.

International Standard Book Number

0812244621

Debt-- History.

Usury-- History.

Usury laws-- History.

Usury-- Religious aspects-- History.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Economic History.

Debt.

Leningen.

Schulden.

Usury laws.

Usury-- Religious aspects.

Usury.

Woeker.

BUS023000

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Edition

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Book number

Geisst, Charles R.

Date of Transaction

20200822133018.0

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[Book]

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