City of debtors : a century of fringe finance / Anne Fleming.
City of debtors : a century of fringe finance / Anne Fleming.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2020/0490
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Language
English
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Physical content
367 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Lending in the shadow of the law -- From loan sharks to licensed lenders -- New threats to an old deal -- Bringing sales finance under law -- The problem of the food freezer plan -- Due process in debt collection -- Financial federalism.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Since the rise of the small-sum lending industry in the 1890s, people on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder in the United States have been asked to pay the greatest price for credit. Again and again, Americans have asked why the most fragile borrowers face the highest costs for access to the smallest loans. To protect low-wage workers in need...
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City of debtors : a century of fringe finance / Anne Fleming.
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Century of fringe finance
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2020/0490
Record Identifier
74VKaZaAWERZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZaAWERZ
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ISBN
0674976231 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674976238 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
332.7097471
MMS ID
991024290899002626
