LEADER 03444nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910827778903321 005 20240516190049.0 010 $a1-280-12768-6 010 $a9786613531568 010 $a0-8157-2234-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000175229 035 $a(EBL)951448 035 $a(OCoLC)784957819 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000621842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11438260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000621842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10617465 035 $a(PQKB)11765374 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35067 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL951448 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546507 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL353156 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC951448 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000175229 100 $a20120210d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo slack$b[electronic resource] $ethe financial lives of low-income Americans /$fMichael S. Barr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (308 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-2233-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction / Michael S. Barr -- 2. Managing money / Michael S. Barr -- 3. And banking for all? / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Benjamin J. Keys -- 4. Preferences for plastic / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Eleanor McDonnell Feit -- 5. Which way to the bank? / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, Ron Borzekowski, and Elizabeth K. Kiser -- 6. Borrowing to make ends meet / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Benjamin J. Keys -- 7. High-cost home ownership / Michael S. Barr, Jane K. Dokko, and Benjamin J. Keyes -- 8. Living on the edge of bankruptcy / Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko -- 9. Expensive tax refunds / Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko -- 10. Paying to save / Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko -- 11. Behaviorally informed regulation / Michael S. Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Eldar Shafir -- 12. Epilogue : crisis and reform / Michael S. Barr 330 $aThe financial crisis exposed the potentially unsavory results of the interaction between low- and moderate income households and alternative and mainstream financial institutions. Many households were overleveraged or paid high costs for financial services, while others lacked access to useful financial products that can cushion against economic instability. The financial services system is not well designed to serve low- and moderate-income households, leaving them without financial slack: they did not have adequate breathing room for making the financial adjustments that would permit them 606 $aFinancial services industry$zUnited States 606 $aBanks and banking$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPoor$xFinance, Personal$zUnited States 606 $aLow-income consumers$xFinance, Personal$zUnited States 615 0$aFinancial services industry 615 0$aBanks and banking$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPoor$xFinance, Personal 615 0$aLow-income consumers$xFinance, Personal 676 $a330.9730086/942 700 $aBarr$b Michael S$054302 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827778903321 996 $aNo slack$94049262 997 $aUNINA