false <![CDATA[Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg 200826 1 Foreclosures are hitting record highs; Americans are declaring bankruptcy at rates ten times that during the great Depression; more college students drop out because of debts than due to poor grades; reports of debtor suicides proliferate in the media. In other words, it's a great time to be in the banking business.<P><P><I>Maxed Out</i> takes us on a road trip that is sometimes hysterical and often horrifying: from Las Vegas to the Bible Belt, from the backwoods to inner cities, where the world's largest financial giants troll for their next victims. Welcome to a country populated by debt pirates, corporate predators, human credit card billboards, debt evangelists, megamillion-dollar spec homes, and, of course, trillions of dollars of easy credit.<P><P>Combining startling facts with even more startling examinations of individuals, institutions, the government, and modern religion, James Scurlock separates the myths (there is "good debt" and "bad debt") from the harsh reality (corporations partner with colleges to target today's youth; credit reports are riddled with errors that will never be fixed; and death, for many of those in trouble, is the only way out).<P><P>At a time when the financial industry posts ever-higher profits even as its clients drown in the flood of easy credit, Scurlock exposes very real, potentially disastrous systems and policies that are consuming millions of Americans. <I>Maxed Out</i> takes readers on a wickedly smart and entertaining tour of what one interviewee calls "the last taboo."<P><P> 194305 6 3 2007 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders total:97|5:15|4:52|3:26|2:3|1:1| 97 368 154 35 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 4 3 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 15:14:08 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 10:36:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 4 2 false Tue Apr 03 11:55:03 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 11:55:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 22:34:01 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 21:35:38 -0700 2007 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 5 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat May 24 17:46:01 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 18:22:15 -0700 2008 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 05 08:54:13 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 08:54:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 3 1 false Sun Sep 07 19:41:35 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 19:45:56 -0700 2008
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The book was pretty good. There's a lot of good and enlightening info in here, but if...more...]]> 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 4 0 false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 11:21:04 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 11:25:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 200826 141653251X 9781416532514 97 35 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632412m/200826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200826.Maxed_Out_Hard_Times_Easy_Credit_and_the_Era_of_Predatory_Lenders 4 0 false Tue Feb 27 19:13:41 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 04 21:53:19 -0800 2007
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