Shortchanged [electronic resource] : life and debt in the fringe economy / Howard Karger.
Series: BK currents bookPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler ; Berkeley, Calif. : Publishers Group West [distributor], c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 252 p. : illISBN:- 1576753360
- 9781576753361
- 9781605098050 (e-book)
- 332.3 22
- HC110.P6 K27 2005eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-236) and index.
pt. I. Overview of the fringe economy -- 1. America's changing fringe economy -- 2. Why the fringe economy is growing -- 3. Debt and the functionally poor middle class -- pt. II. The fringe sectors -- 4. The credit card industry -- 5. Storefront loans : pawnshops, payday loans, and tax refund lenders -- 6. Alternative services : check-cashers, the rent-to-own industry, and telecommunications -- 7. Fringe housing -- 8. Real estate speculation and foreclosure -- 9. The fringe auto industry -- 10. The getting-out-of-debt industry -- pt. III. Looking forward -- 11. What can be done to control the fringe economy? -- Glossary.
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