Delinquent
Inside America's Debt Machine
$40.80
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2022
Summary
A consumer credit industry insider-turned-outsider explains how banks lure Americans deep into debt, and how to break the cycle.
Delinquent takes readers on a journey from Capital One’s headquarters to street corners in Detroit, kitchen tables in Sacramento, and other places where debt affects people’s everyday lives. Uncovering the true costs of consumer credit to American families in addition to the benefits, investigative journalist Elena Botella—formerly …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520380356 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520380355 |
| Author: | Elena Botella |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 590g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“An ambitious insider’s critique of the ‘debt machine’ created by credit card companies and financial culture… . Original, passionate fusion of progressive polemic and stark portrait of the labyrinth of contemporary consumer finance.” * Kirkus *
Elena Botella
Elena Botella was a Senior Business Manager at Capital One, where she ran the company’s Secured Card credit card and taught credit risk management. Her writing has appeared in The New Republic, Slate, American Banker, and The Nation.
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