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Over the course of the last ten years the issue of debt has become a serious problem that threatens to destroy the global socio-economic system and ruin the eve

Featuring a collection of original chapters by leading and emerging scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced o

South Africa was one of the first countries in the Global South that established a financialized consumer credit market. This market consolidates rather than al

An estimated 45 million adults in the U.S. lack a credit score at time when credit invisibility can reduce one’s ability to rent a home, find employment, or s

This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenom