Shortchanged life and debt in the fringe economy /

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Main Author: Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Calif. : Berkeley, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler ; Publishers Group West [distributor], c2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:BK currents book.
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245 1 0 |a Shortchanged  |h [electronic resource] :  |b life and debt in the fringe economy /  |c Howard Karger. 
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260 |a San Francisco, Calif. :  |b Berrett-Koehler ;  |a Berkeley, Calif. :  |b Publishers Group West [distributor],  |c c2005. 
300 |a xx, 252 p. :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a A BK currents book 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-236) and index. 
505 0 |a 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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