By focusing on the most glaring abuses of the credit card market prior to the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform, this article analyses the combination of factors which paved the way for the 2008 crisis and further widened inequalities between rich and poor Americans.We start by examining the historical reasons for the boom in the credit card sector, due essentially to the financial deregulation of the 1980s which democratized credit and made credit cards available to less creditworthy customers. Eager to tap these new markets, especially lower-income groups and students, the financial sector devised aggressive marketing campaigns, and ensnared many customers into a cycle of lifelong debt dependency. Obscure and misleading contracts trapped many Americ...
US banks reactions to the interest rate decline Jacques Le Cacheux Is the decline in interest rates ...
Patrick Artus et François Lecointe Financial crises and private indebtedness crisis in the United-St...
This report analyzes the deceptive effect of credit card terms and conditions and how these terms an...
By focusing on the most glaring abuses of the credit card market prior to the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform...
The bank laws of 1966-1967, called the “Debré Acts”, triggered a spectacular development in French b...
This article explains the 2007 crisis in the United States from the Classical Austrian Cycle theory ...
Detention and use of payment instruments in France In this article, we offer a general picture of t...
This Article explores the relationship between consumer credit markets and bankruptcy policy. In gen...
This paper relies on data from countries around the world to present a comprehensive analysis of pol...
Le rationnement du crédit est un phénomène étudié depuis longtemps, mais que la crise de 2008 remet ...
This Capstone focuses on a true crisis that affects many middle class Americans. Credit card debt ha...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The financial crisis that took hold in 2008 had many cause...
This article explores the specific question of setting a legal maximum for credit card interest rate...
This paper studies sovereign debt crises during the period 1993-2006 through the prism of the primar...
In recent years in Peru, the financing for consumption through the use of credit cards(TC) has been ...
US banks reactions to the interest rate decline Jacques Le Cacheux Is the decline in interest rates ...
Patrick Artus et François Lecointe Financial crises and private indebtedness crisis in the United-St...
This report analyzes the deceptive effect of credit card terms and conditions and how these terms an...
By focusing on the most glaring abuses of the credit card market prior to the 2010 Dodd-Frank reform...
The bank laws of 1966-1967, called the “Debré Acts”, triggered a spectacular development in French b...
This article explains the 2007 crisis in the United States from the Classical Austrian Cycle theory ...
Detention and use of payment instruments in France In this article, we offer a general picture of t...
This Article explores the relationship between consumer credit markets and bankruptcy policy. In gen...
This paper relies on data from countries around the world to present a comprehensive analysis of pol...
Le rationnement du crédit est un phénomène étudié depuis longtemps, mais que la crise de 2008 remet ...
This Capstone focuses on a true crisis that affects many middle class Americans. Credit card debt ha...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The financial crisis that took hold in 2008 had many cause...
This article explores the specific question of setting a legal maximum for credit card interest rate...
This paper studies sovereign debt crises during the period 1993-2006 through the prism of the primar...
In recent years in Peru, the financing for consumption through the use of credit cards(TC) has been ...
US banks reactions to the interest rate decline Jacques Le Cacheux Is the decline in interest rates ...
Patrick Artus et François Lecointe Financial crises and private indebtedness crisis in the United-St...
This report analyzes the deceptive effect of credit card terms and conditions and how these terms an...