Broke, USA : from pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. : how the working poor became big business Cover Image

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Broke, USA : from pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. : how the working poor became big business / Gary Rivlin.

Summary:

"A unique and riveting exploration of one of America's largest and fastest-growing industries--the business of poverty"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061733215 (hardback)
ISBN: 0061733210 (hardback)
Physical Description: 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Harper Business, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-343) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Check cashers of the world unite -- The birth of the predatory lender -- Going big -- Confessions of a subprime lender -- Freddie Rogers -- The great payday land rush -- Subprime city -- An appetite for subprime -- "No experience necessary" -- Same old faces -- The great what-if -- Public enemy number one -- Past due -- Maximizing share of wallet -- Payday, the sequel -- Dayton after dark -- Borrowed time.