James D Scurlock

Maxed Out

Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In an infectiously entertaining narrative, the documentary film maker of "Maxed Out" pens a road trip through an America populated by debt pirates, corporate predators, human credit card billboards, debt evangelists, and trillions of dollars of easy credit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribner Book Company
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 142mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781416532538
• ISBN-10: 1416532536
• Artikelnr.: 22884872

Autorenporträt

James D. Scurlock studied at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to pursue an entrepreneurial venture and later a documentary film career. His first film, Parents of the Year, won numerous awards and was an official selection of more than twenty-five film festivals. His first feature-length documentary, Maxed Out , explored our culture of debt and won the Special Jury Prize at South by Southwest. His first book, a companion to the award-winning documentary, was nominated for the National MS Society's "Books for a Better Life" Award. He has written, primarily about the impending (and now realized) financial crisis, for Slate, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and AARP Magazine, among others. He has also appeared on numerous programs, including Nightline, The Today Show, and CNBC’s Power Lunch. Scurlock lives in Santa Monica, California.