City of Debtors: A Century of Fringe Finance
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674976231 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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It also reveals the overlooked challenges of governing a modern financial industry within a federalist framework.Fleming’s detailed work contributes to the broader and ongoing debate about the meaning of justice within capitalistic societies, by exploring the fault line in the landscape of capitalism where poverty, the welfare state, and consumer credit converge.. Again and again, Americans have asked why the most fragile borrowers face the highest costs for access to the smallest loans. To protect low-wage workers in need of credit, reformers have repeatedly turned to law, only to face the vexing question of where to draw the line between necessary protection and overreaching paternalism.City of D
Anne Fleming is Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
About the Author Anne Fleming is Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.