Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America, (Hardcover)

from ronploude

Creditworthy is a book about the history of the credit reporting bureaus in the United States. Starting in the early 1800's, the book talks about the credit culture that existed between merchants and consumers at the start of our country. The legacy is interesting to anyone with a love of history...

from rivkat

Very interesting book demonstrating that lots of business practices of collecting private data and using it for financial benefit we think of as new has roots a century and a half old, albeit with less well organized technologies. Credit based on assessment of moral characteristics and behavior, ...

from rivkat

Very interesting book demonstrating that lots of business practices of collecting private data and using it for financial benefit we think of as new has roots a century and a half old, albeit with less well organized technologies. Credit based on assessment of moral characteristics and behavior, ...