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No Slack : The Financial Lives of Low-Income Americans /

The financial crisis exposed the potentially unsavory results of the interaction between low- and moderate income households and alternative and mainstream financial institutions. Many households were overleveraged or paid high costs for financial services, while others lacked access to useful finan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barr, Michael S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction / Michael S. Barr
  • 2. Managing money / Michael S. Barr
  • 3. And banking for all? / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Benjamin J. Keys
  • 4. Preferences for plastic / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Eleanor McDonnell Feit
  • 5. Which way to the bank? / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, Ron Borzekowski, and Elizabeth K. Kiser
  • 6. Borrowing to make ends meet / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Benjamin J. Keys
  • 7. High-cost home ownership / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Benjamin J. Keyes
  • 8. Living on the edge of bankruptcy / Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko
  • 9. Expensive tax refunds / Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko
  • 10. Paying to save / Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko
  • 11. Behaviorally informed regulation / Michael S. Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Eldar Shafir
  • 12. Epilogue : crisis and reform / Michael S. Barr.