ISBN:
9780804777018
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9780804780582 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
322 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780804780582
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
Studies in Social Inequality
DDC:
305.55
Keywords:
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
About 1.5 million households filed bankruptcy in the last year, making bankruptcy as common as college graduation and divorce. The recession has pushed more and more families into financial collapse-with unemployment, declines in retirement wealth, and falling house values destabilizing the American middle class. Broke explores the consequences of this unprecedented growth in consumer debt and shows how excessive borrowing undermines the prosperity of middle class America. While the recession that began in mid-2007 has widened the scope of the financial pain caused by overi...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
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