Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France
By (Author) Philip T. Hoffman
By (author) Gilles Postel-Vinay
By (author) Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th April 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Fiction
332.30944
Physical Properties
Hardback
320
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of banking Prevailing 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
Reviews
"Highly recommended for anyone interested in economic history, regardless of their disciplinary backgrounds and areas of specialization."---Francesca Trivellato, EH.Net
"Deeply researched, lean, and stimulating. . . . I was left with a reflection that is rare upon finishing an academic monograph: wishing it were longer."---Paul Cheney, Journal of Modern History
Author Bio
Philip T. Hoffman is the Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and History at the California Institute of Technology. Gilles Postel-Vinay is professor emeritus at the Paris School of Economics. Jean-Laurent Rosenthal is the Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and the Ronald and Maxine Linde Leadership Chair in the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology.
