Shortchanged
Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-
Shortchanged life and debt in the fringe economy / [electronic resource] : Short(cent)hanged Life and debt in the fringe economy Short changed Howard Karger. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publications, c2005. - 1 online resource (xx, 252 p.) : ill. - A BK currents book . - BK currents book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America's changing fringe economy -- Why the fringe economy is growing -- Debt and the functionally poor middle class -- The credit card industry -- Storefront loans : pawnshops, payday loans, and tax refund lenders -- Alternative services : check-cashers, the rent-to-own industry, and telecommunications -- Fringe housing -- Real estate speculation and foreclosure -- The fringe auto industry -- The getting-out-of-debt industry -- What can be done to control the fringe economy?
"This narrative takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card companies and the like, the fringe economy entices vulnerable consumers into an economic netherworld"--Resource description page.
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Poor--Economic conditions.--United States
Working class--Economic conditions.--United States
Informal sector (Economics)--United States.
Financial services industry--United States.
Debt--United States.
Electronic books.
Shortchanged life and debt in the fringe economy / [electronic resource] : Short(cent)hanged Life and debt in the fringe economy Short changed Howard Karger. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publications, c2005. - 1 online resource (xx, 252 p.) : ill. - A BK currents book . - BK currents book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
America's changing fringe economy -- Why the fringe economy is growing -- Debt and the functionally poor middle class -- The credit card industry -- Storefront loans : pawnshops, payday loans, and tax refund lenders -- Alternative services : check-cashers, the rent-to-own industry, and telecommunications -- Fringe housing -- Real estate speculation and foreclosure -- The fringe auto industry -- The getting-out-of-debt industry -- What can be done to control the fringe economy?
"This narrative takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card companies and the like, the fringe economy entices vulnerable consumers into an economic netherworld"--Resource description page.
CL0500000123 Safari Books Online
Poor--Economic conditions.--United States
Working class--Economic conditions.--United States
Informal sector (Economics)--United States.
Financial services industry--United States.
Debt--United States.
Electronic books.