A debtor world [electronic resource] : interdisciplinary perspectives on debt / [edited by] Ralph Brubaker, Robert M. Lawless, and Charles J. Tabb.

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TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780199980000 (ebook) :

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332.7 23

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KD2139 .D43 2013

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Summary: The goal of this collection is to explore debt neither as a problem nor a solution but as a phenomenon and to promote the exchange of knowledge to better comprehend why consumers and businesses decide to borrow money. It asks what happens to businesses and consumers under a heavy debt load, and what legal norms and institutions societies need to encourage the efficient use of debt while promoting a greater understanding of the global phenomenon of increased indebtedness and societal dependence.

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The goal of this collection is to explore debt neither as a problem nor a solution but as a phenomenon and to promote the exchange of knowledge to better comprehend why consumers and businesses decide to borrow money. It asks what happens to businesses and consumers under a heavy debt load, and what legal norms and institutions societies need to encourage the efficient use of debt while promoting a greater understanding of the global phenomenon of increased indebtedness and societal dependence.

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