TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karger,Howard Jacob
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Shortchanged: life and debt in the fringe economy 
T2  - A BK currents book
AV  - HC110.P6 K27 2005eb
U1  - 332.3 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - San Francisco, Calif., Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - Berrett-Koehler, Publishers Group West [distributor]
KW  - Poor
KW  - United States
KW  - Working class
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Informal sector (Economics)
KW  - Financial services industry
KW  - Debt
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-236) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10499950
ER  -