Dark Matter Credit The Development of Peer-To-Peer Lending and Banking in France |
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| Author:
| Hoffman, Philip T.
Postel-Vinay, Gilles
Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent |
| Series title: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-18217-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of bankingPrevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty. Yet somehow much of Europe managed to grow rich long before the diffusion of banks. Dark Matter Credit draws on centuries of cleverly collected loan data from France t
How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of bankingPrevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty. Yet somehow much of Europe managed to grow rich long before the diffusion of banks. Dark Matter Credit draws on centuries of cleverly collected loan data from France t