Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection

by Mallory E. SoRelle

Book Overview

As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, "It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street." More than a century after the government embraced credit to fuel the American economy, consumer financial protections in the increasingly complex financial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022671179X
• ISBN13: 9780226711799
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"