The first consumer credit bureaus appeared in the 1870s and quickly amassed huge archives of deeply personal information. Today, the three leading credit bureaus are among the most powerful institutions in modern life--yet we know almost nothing about them. Experian, Equifax, an…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "The first consumer credit bureaus appeared in the 1870s and quickly amassed huge archives of deeply personal information. Today, the three leading credit bureaus are among the most powerful institutions in modern life-yet we know almost nothing about…
Introduction -- "A bureau for the promotion of honesty" : the birth of systematic credit surveillance -- Coming to terms with credit : the nineteenth-century origins of consumer credit surveillance -- Credit workers unite : professionalization and the rise of a national credit i…