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Conclusion

In: The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices

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  • Rosa-Maria Gelpi

    (Cetelem Professor of Economics Université Libre de Lille)

  • François Julien-Labruyère

    (International CEO, member of the Board of Cetelem)

Abstract

Consumer credit, or its equivalent, has always been a central preoccupation of society: from ancient times, when it was one of the signs of the transition from the traditional clan system of gifts and barter to the first forms of urbanization, right up to modern times, and its role in Western industrial society as a corollary of the material well-being of households. Hence its importance in social and economic history, hence also its role in the history of ideas. Curiously enough, where there ought to be a concomitance between theory and practice, the subject has given rise to a millennary controversy. There seems to be a sort of social schizophrenia whereby the day-to-day indispensable practices of collective life are accepted on the one hand, while being condemned on the other, in the name of philosophical ideals. There can hardly be a more deep-rooted and widely accepted example of such a prejudice.

Suggested Citation

  • Rosa-Maria Gelpi & François Julien-Labruyère, 2000. "Conclusion," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices, pages 169-176, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-55451-1_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230554511_11
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