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Bringing back Thrift Week: Neo-liberalism and the rediscovery of thrift

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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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  • Maltby, Josephine Anne, 2014. "Bringing back Thrift Week: Neo-liberalism and the rediscovery of thrift," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 115-127.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:crpeac:v:25:y:2014:i:2:p:115-127
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2013.03.007
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