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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rivlin, Gary
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue, Tommy's angel
  • 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 appetitive 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