- Description
Description
Land of the Fee traces the system of fees from its origins in the deregulatory wave of the late 1970s to the present. The average consumer now pays a dizzying array of charges for mortgage contracts, banking transactions, auto insurance rates, college payments, and payday loans. These fees are buried in the pages of small-print agreements that few consumers read or understand. Because these fees do not fall under usury laws, they have redistributed wealth to large corporations and their largest shareholders. By exposing this predatory and nearly invisible system of fees, Land of the Fee reshapes our understanding of wealth inequality in America.
Author: Devin Fergus
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/13/2018
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780199970162
ISBN10: 0199970165
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- History | United States | 20th Century
About the Author
Devin Fergus is the Arvarh E. Strickland Distinguished Professor of History, Black Studies, and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. Author of Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics (a CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2010), he has written widely on politics, policy, and inequality in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect, The Guardian, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Slate.