Demystifying money -- The power and paradoxes of credit -- Debtfare states -- Debtfarism and the credit card industry -- Debtfarism and the student loan industry -- Debtfarism and the payday loan industry -- Global debtfarism and the universalisation of financial inclusion -- Debtfarism and the microfinance industry -- Debtfarism and the housing industry.
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"This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"--
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9781317646723
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Consumer credit-- Political aspects.
Debt-- Political aspects.
Financial institutions-- Political aspects.
Poor-- Finance, Personal.
Poverty-- Government policy.
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Finanzdienstleistung
Konsumentenkredit
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.