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Shortchanged : life and debt in the fringe economy /
Drive through just about any low-income neighborhood and you're sure to see streets lined with pawnshops, check cashers, rent-to-own stores, payday and tax refund lenders, auto title pawns, and buy-here-pay-here used car lots. We're awash in "alternative financial services" direc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco, CA : Berkeley, CA :
Berrett-Koehler ; Publishers Group West [distributor],
©2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | BK currents book.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
| Sumario: | Drive through just about any low-income neighborhood and you're sure to see streets lined with pawnshops, check cashers, rent-to-own stores, payday and tax refund lenders, auto title pawns, and buy-here-pay-here used car lots. We're awash in "alternative financial services" directed at the poor and those with credit problems. Howard Karger describes this world as an economic Wild West, where just about any financial scheme that's not patently illegal is tolerated. Taking a hard look at this fringe economy, Karger shows that what seem to be small, independent storefront operations are actually page |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781605098050 1605098051 9781609943882 1609943880 9781605098777 1605098779 1283268728 9781283268721 9786613268723 6613268720 |