Financial justice : the people's campaign to stop lender abuse / / Larry Kirsch and Robert N. Mayer ; foreword by Congressman Barney Frank

• Autore: Kirsch Larry
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara : , : Praeger, , [2013]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.70973
• Soggetto topico: Consumer protection - United States - Citizen participation; Consumer protection - United States; Financial services industry - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MayerRobert N
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Financial justice
• ISBN: 1-4408-2951-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465125003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II