This volume investigates the use of mortgages in the European countryside between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. A mortgage allowed a loan to be secur

How American colonists laid the foundations of American capitalism with an economy built on credit Even before the United States became a country, laws prioriti

How the American government has long used financial credit programs to create economic opportunities Federal housing finance policy and mortgage-backed securiti

Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes? Why isn’t land and location taught or seen as important in modern economics? What

The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other devel