Broke, USA : from pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. : how the working poor became big business /: from pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. : how the working poor became big business. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Rivlin.
• Other Names: Rivlin, Gary
• Contents: Prologue, Tommy's angel -- Check cashers of the world unite -- The birth of the predatory lender -- Going big -- Confessions of a subprime lender -- Freddie Rogers -- The great payday land rush -- Subprime city -- An appetitive for subprime -- No experience necessary -- Same old faces -- The great what-if -- Public enemy number one -- Past due -- Maximizing share of wallet -- Payday, the sequel -- Dayton after dark -- Borrowed time.
• Publisher Details: New York : Harper
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (358 pages)
• Subjects: 339.4/60973; Social Science -- General; Working poor -- United States; Poverty -- United States; Economic history; Poverty; Working poor; United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061997945; 0061997943
• Related ISBNs: 9780061733215; 0061733210
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.