City of debtors : a century of fringe finance /

Since the rise of the small-sum lending industry in the 1890s, people on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder in the United States have been asked to pay the greatest price for credit. Again and again, Americans have asked why the most fragile borrowers face the highest costs for access to the sm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fleming, Anne, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Temas:
Credit control > New York (State) > New York > History.
Credit control > Law and legislation > New York (State) > New York > History.
Predatory lending > New York (State) > New York > History.
Predatory lending > Law and legislation > New York (State) > New York > History.
Usury laws > New York (State) > New York.
Crédit > Politique gouvernementale > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Prêts abusifs > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
Usury laws.
Predatory lending > Law and legislation.
Predatory lending.
Credit control > Law and legislation.
Credit control.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lending in the shadow of the law
  • From loan sharks to licensed lenders
  • New threats to an old deal
  • Bringing sales finance under law
  • The problem of the food freezer plan
  • Due process in debt collection
  • Financial federalism.

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