James D. Scurlock

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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 ha...more

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Books by James D. Scurlock

Average rating: 3.59 · 169 ratings · 48 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.65 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius 3.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Untitled 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	My rating:
	Rocks of Ages - Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life by Stephen Jay Gould, James D. Scurlock, Barry M. Cohen 3.52 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	My rating: