This pathbreaking book shows how credit markets functioned in Paris, through the agency of notaries, during a critical period of French history. Its authors challenge the usual assumption that organiz
Listen to a short interview with Philip T. HoffmanHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneFinancial disasters often have long-range institutional consequences. When financial institutions--ban
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 E
