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

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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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Main Author: Barr, Michael S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Poor > Finance, Personal.
Financial services industry.
Banks and banking > Social aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
Consommateurs à faible revenu > États-Unis > Finances personnelles.
Services financiers > États-Unis.
Low-income consumers > United States > Finance, Personal.
Poor > United States > Finance, Personal.
Banks and banking > Social aspects > United States.
Financial services industry > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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