Shortchanged: life and debt in the fringe economy / Howard Karger.
Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-
2005
HC110.P6 K27 2005
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Title Shortchanged: life and debt in the fringe economy / Howard Karger.
Author Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 1576753360
9781576753361
9781605098050 (electronic bk.)
Imprint San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler ; Berkeley, Calif. : Publishers Group West [distributor], c2005.
Language English
Description xx, 252 p. : ill.
Call Number HC110.P6 K27 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 332.3
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-236) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series BK currents book.
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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.

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