Langbeschreibung
This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction. Part I: Theorizing Money, Credit and Debtfare States Chapter 1: Demystifying Money, Chapter 2: The Power and Paradoxes of Credit, Chapter 3: Debtfare States, Part II: Debtfarism and the Poverty Industry in the United States, Preface to Part II: Debtfarism and the Making of the Poverty Industry, Chapter 4: Debtfarism and Credit Card Industry, Chapter 5: Debtfarism and Student Loan Industry, Chapter 6: Debtfarism and Payday Loan Industry, Part III: Debtfarism and the Poverty Industry in Mexico, Preface to Part III: Debtfarism, Development, and Dispossession, Chapter 7: Global Debtfarism and Universalization of Financial Inclusion, Chapter 8: Debtfarism and the Microfinance Industry, Chapter 9: Debtfarism and the Housing Industry, Conclusion.