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Autore |
Kirsch Larry |
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Titolo |
Financial justice : the people's campaign to stop lender abuse / / Larry Kirsch and Robert N. Mayer ; foreword by Congressman Barney Frank |
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Santa Barbara : , : Praeger, , [2013] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumer protection - United States - Citizen participation |
Consumer protection - United States |
Financial services industry - Law and legislation - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / by Congressman Barney Frank -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How did we ever get into this mess? -- Elizabeth Warren has a notion -- The magic moment for reform -- Activists need leaders, too -- Coalescing the coalition -- The battle in the house -- Wanted : a few votes in the Senate -- Auto dealers drive for an exemption -- Preemption : the role of state reformers -- What did the advocates accomplish and how? -- Afterword: backward and forward with Elizabeth Warren / by Norman I. Silber -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This provocative and accessible narrative recounts the inside story of how a broad-based people's campaign was mobilized and subsequently succeeded in pushing Congress to create a consumer financial regulator with clout. |
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