Devin Fergus

Land of the Fee

Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class

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Produktbeschreibung

Land of the Fee exposes the barely visible system of fees that pervades everyday life in America, and explores how this system has shaped wealth inequality in contemporary America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780197502808
• ISBN-10: 0197502806
• Artikelnr.: 57825317

Autorenporträt

Devin Fergus is the Arvarh E. Strickland Distinguished Professor of History, Black Studies, and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. Author of Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics (a CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2010), he has written widely on politics, policy, and inequality in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect, The Guardian, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Slate.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. House Money: The Story of Subprime in Three Acts
2. Tax Eaters: The Origins of the Student Debt Bubble
3. Driving While Broke: How Auto Insurance Drives the Wealth Gap
4. Shadow Bankers and the Great Wage Stagnation: The Story of Payday Lending
Epilogue
Notes
Index