Shortchanged : life and debt in the fringe economy / / Howard Karger.
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| Superior document: | A BK currents book |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | BK currents book.
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| Physical Description: | xx, 252 p. :; ill. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Shortchanged |h [electronic resource] : |b life and debt in the fringe economy / |c Howard Karger. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a San Francisco, Calif. : |b Berrett-Koehler ; |a Berkeley, Calif. : |b Publishers Group West [distributor], |c c2005. | ||
| 300 | |a xx, 252 p. : |b ill. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a A BK currents book | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-236) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Poor |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Working class |z United States |x Economic conditions. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Informal sector (Economics) |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Financial services industry |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Debt |z United States. | |
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