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American bonds : how credit markets shaped a nation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quinn, Sarah L. (Sarah Lehman) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:Princeton studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Government securities > United States.
Savings bonds > United States.
Municipal bonds > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Problem and Promise of Credit in American Life
  • The Credit Frontier
  • Three Failures
  • Credit as a Tool of Statecraft
  • From a Nation of Farmers to a Nation of Homeowners
  • Mortgage Bonds for the Small Investor
  • The Rise of Federal Credit Programs
  • Off-Budget and Decentralized
  • A Return to Securitization
  • What We Owe One Another.