Broke - How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class

Zusatztext "Risk and return are inseparable. While debt can enable families to buy homes, obtain education, and start businesses, it does so by amplifying both upturns and downturns. Broke clearly illustrates the consequences when overextended families experience the roller coaster ride leading to bankruptcy." Informationen zum Autor Katherine Porter is Professor of Law at the University of California Irvine School of Law. In 2010-2011, she was the Robert Braucher Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. She is an expert in consumer credit law and has testified several times before Congress. Her published research addresses mortgage servicing, financial education, and consumer bankruptcy. Klappentext Katherine Porter is Professor of Law at the University of California Irvine School of Law. In 2010-2011, she was the Robert Braucher Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. She is an expert in consumer credit law and has testified several times before Congress. Her published research addresses mortgage servicing, financial education, and consumer bankruptcy. Zusammenfassung Broke explores the consequences of recent unprecedented growth in consumer debt and shows how excessive borrowing undermines the prosperity of middle class America.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Porter, Katherine (EDT) Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
• Assisted by: Porter Katherine (Editor), Katherine Porter (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2012
• EAN: 9780804777001
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7700-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in Social Inequality; Studies in Social Inequality
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories