Debtfare states and the poverty industry : money, discipline and the surplus population /
Susanne Soederberg.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages)
- RIPE series in global political economy .
- RIPE series in global political economy. .
pt. 1. Theorising money, credit and debtfare states pt. 2. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States pt. 3. Debtfarism and the poverty industry in Mexico.
"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"--