"In Spacing Debt Christopher Harker demonstrates that financial debt is as much a spatial phenomenon as it is a temporal and social one. Harker traces the emergence of debt in Ramallah after 2008 as part of the financialization of the Palestinian economy under Israeli settler co…
A curious and sort of subconscious temptation : the lure of consumer credit -- In the fold of default : living with market attachments -- The discovery and capture of affect : a history of debt collection -- The strategic management of affect : venturing inside the collections c…
This paper presents evidence that public debts in the advanced economies have surged in recent years to levels not recorded since the end of World War II, surpassing the heights reached during the First World War and the Great Depression. At the same time, private debt levels, p…
Dissects the current state of consumer and mortgage credit in the United States and helps point the way out of the current impasse - Provided by publisher
Early Modern Debts: 1550-1700 makes an important contribution to the history of debt and credit in Europe, creating new transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives on problems of debt, credit, trust, interest, and investment in early modern societies. The collection include…
Handbook of US consumer economics
"Debt stands between millions of Americans and their dreams: owning a home, paying off a car, going to college, and finding a good job. Land of the Fee exposes the hidden system of predatory charges that are often waived for the wealthy and enforced on the middle class. The new …