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by Karger, Howard Jacob,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: A BK currents book Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Berrett-Koehler ; | Publishers Group West [distributor], (San Francisco, Calif. : | Berkeley, Calif. :) Physical details: xx, 252 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Poor -- United States. | Working class -- United States -- Economic conditions. | Informal sector (Economics) -- United States. | Financial services industry -- United States. | Debt -- United States. | Electronic books.
Year: 2005
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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.

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