Broke, USA - From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. How the Working Poor Became Big

Zusatztext " Broke USA will leave you mad as hell. Thanks! Gary Rivlin! for introducing us to folks like Bill Brennan! who early on saw it coming: the predatory lending that has destroyed communities. If only we had listened." Informationen zum Autor Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter who has been writing about technology since the mid-1990s and the rise of the internet. He is the author of nine books, including Saving Main Street and Katrina: After the Flood . His work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Fortune, GQ, and Wired, among other publications. He is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New York Times . He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy Walker, and two sons. Klappentext For most people, the Great Crash of 2008 has meant troubling times. Not so for those in the flourishing poverty industry. These mercenary entrepreneurs have taken advantage of an era of deregulation to devise high-priced products to sell to the credit-hungry working poor, including the instant tax refund and the payday loan. In the process they've created an industry larger than the casino business and have proved that pawnbrokers and check cashers, if they dream big enough, can grow very rich off those with thin wallets. Broke, USA is Gary Rivlin's riveting report from the economic fringes. Timely, shocking, and powerful, it offers a much-needed look at why our country is in a financial mess and gives a voice to the millions of ordinary Americans left devastated in the wake of the economic collapse. Zusammenfassung From the author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Drive By comes a unique and riveting exploration of one of America’s largest and fastest-growing industries—the business of poverty. Broke! USA is a Fast Food Nation for the “poverty industry” that will also appeal to readers of Barbara Ehrenreich ( Nickel and Dimed ) and David Shipler ( The Working Poor ). ...

Product details

• Authors: Gary Rivlin, Rivlin Gary
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2011
• EAN: 9780061733208
• ISBN: 978-0-06-173320-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Economic Geography, Behavioural economics, Management: leadership and motivation, General and world history, Social classes, Economics of specific sectors, Management and management techniques, Hospitality and service industries, Poverty and precarity, Housing and homelessness, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE: General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Management Science, ECONOMICS: SOCIAL, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: AMERICAN HISTORY & SOCIETY, First Year Experience / American History & Society, Economics / Social