Merchants of Misery How Corporate America Profits from Poverty

Name: Merchants of Misery How Corporate America Profits from Poverty
Price: 3.59 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781567510829

ISBN-10: 1567510825

ISBN-13: 9781567510829

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Hudson, Maxine Waters

List price: $17.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

4 new & used from $3.59

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Hidden in today's rhetoric about personal responsibility is an ugly reality. Michael Hudson shows how predatory companies keep people poor by offering them Faustian bargains in desperate situations.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Publication date: 7/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 4.75" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: The Poverty Industry




The Geography of Discrimination: Banking, Race and Redlining


The New Redlining




Small Loans, Big Profits: The Finance Company Business


Shark Bait



"Signing Their Lives Away"




The Shadow Banks: Pawnshops and Check Cashers


Fringe Banks



Prince of Pawns




Mortgaging Your Future: Home-Loan Rip-Offs


Loan Scams



Company's Success Fires Up Wall Street




Shattered Dreams: New Homes, Unhappy Homeowners


A Firm Blessing



Give 'em Hector




Driven to Debt: High-Priced Car Loans and Insurance


Last Ditch Loans



Mercury Finance: Steep Incline



Country Justice




No Place Like Home: The Business of Slum Lords


Making Millions Out of Misery



Life on the Edge




A Few Bucks a Week: The Rent-to-Own Industry


Rent-to-Own: The Slick Cousin of Paying on Time



Peddling Dreams




Schools for Scandal: Trade-School Scams


Perfect Job For You




The Politics of Rich and Poor: The Struggle Over Corporate Profits and Consumer Rip-Offs


Little Relief for Consumers



Reforming High Finance




Conclusion: Seeking Alternatives



App. A. How to Investigate Businesses that Profit From the Poor


App. B. Resources


App. C. Bibliography


About the Contributors


Acknowledgments


Index