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Land of the fee : hidden costs and the decline of the American middle class / Devin Fergus.
Lippincott Library HG3756.U54 F47 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fergus, Devin, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Predatory lending--United States.
- Predatory lending.
- Consumer credit--United States.
- Consumer credit.
- Loans, Personal--United States.
- Loans, Personal.
- United States.
- Middle class--United States.
- Middle class.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Hidden costs and the decline of the American middle class
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Debt stands between millions of Americans and their dreams: owning a home, paying off a car, going to college, and finding a good job. Land of the Fee exposes the hidden system of predatory charges that are often waived for the wealthy and enforced on the middle class. The new normal, hidden fees unfairly keep millions of Americans from their hard-earned money"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- House money: the story of subprime in three acts
- Tax eaters: the origins of the student debt bubble
- Driving while broke: how auto insurance drives the wealth gap
- Shadow bankers and the great wage stagnation: the story of payday lending.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199970162
- 0199970165
- OCLC:
- 1047575569
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