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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
January 10, 2017
Pages
288
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780544602311
ISBN-10
0544602315
Dimensions
0 by 6 by 9 in.
Original list price
$27.00
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An urgent, absorbing exposéâwhy Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did
What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a highânetâworth entrepreneur, and a twentyâsomething graduate student have in common? All three are victims of our dysfunctional mainstream bank and credit system. Today nearly half of all Americans live from paycheck to paycheck, and income volatility has doubled over the past thirty years. Banks, with their high monthly fees and overdraft charges, are gouging their low- and middle-income customers, while serving only the wealthiest Americans.Â
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What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a highânetâworth entrepreneur, and a twentyâsomething graduate student have in common? All three are victims of our dysfunctional mainstream bank and credit system. Today nearly half of all Americans live from paycheck to paycheck, and income volatility has doubled over the past thirty years. Banks, with their high monthly fees and overdraft charges, are gouging their low- and middle-income customers, while serving only the wealthiest Americans.Â
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Lisa Servon delivers a stunning indictment of Americaâs banks, together with eye-opening dispatches from inside a range of banking alternatives that have sprung up to fill the void. She works as a teller at RiteCheck, a checkâcashing business in the South Bronx, and as a payday lender in Oakland. She looks closely at the workings of a tanda, an informal lending club. And she delivers fascinating, hopeful portraits of the entrepreneurs reacting to the unbanking of America by designing systems to creatively serve many of us. Banks were once essential pillars of our lives; now we can no longer count on them to do right by us.
"Required reading for fans of muckraking authors like Barbara Ehrenreich, this fascinating look at the future of money management insists that the 'unbanked' are a sector deserving of respect and solid options." âPublishers Weekly, starred review
"Required reading for fans of muckraking authors like Barbara Ehrenreich, this fascinating look at the future of money management insists that the 'unbanked' are a sector deserving of respect and solid options." âPublishers Weekly, starred review
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9780544602311 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $27.00
About: An urgent, absorbing exposéâwhy Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a highânetâworth entrepreneur, and a twentyâsomething graduate student have in common?
About: An urgent, absorbing exposéâwhy Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a highânetâworth entrepreneur, and a twentyâsomething graduate student have in common?
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