The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices

From the early forms of loans to farmers to present day credit cards, consumer credit has always been part of human life and economics. However, ever since the Bible, controversy has reigned as to its legitimacy. It is the history of this controversy that is presented here by the authors. Outlining significant developments in different aspects of consumer credit from the Hammurabi Code through to current questions such as household overindebtedness, they shed some historical light on modern debates.

Author: R. Gelpi,F. Julien-Labruyère
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 190
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781349418039

About the Author
ROSA-MARIA GELPI is Professor of Economics at the free University of Lille and Vice-President of Cetelem, the first European group specialising in consumer credit. She is the author of many academic articles on monetary history, monetary policy, European monetary union and consumer credit.

FRANÇOIS JULIEN-LABRUYÉRE is a director of Cetelem, responsible for international development and on the board of Eurofinas. He is also the author of a number of economic and social histories of the Charente region of France.