Bringing back Thrift Week: Neo-liberalism and the rediscovery of thrift |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh;2. Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL), UK |
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Abstract: | The paper examines and compares the movements for promoting working-class savings in the modern USA and in Great Britain in the 19th century. It explores the use of savings as a technology for managing individuals’ behaviour and motives and the nature of the government objectives which are served by these parallel projects. |
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Keywords: | Critical Social Public interest Savings Saving banks Critique Social Intérêt public 批判性 社会的 公共利益 Crítica Social Interés Público |
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