MAXED OUT

Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006) When Hurricane Katrina ravaged America s Gulf Coast, it laid bare an uncomfortable realityAmerica is not only far from the world s wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debtstyle, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on