Baradaran, Mehrsa, 1978-

How the other half banks : exclusion, exploitation, and the threat to democracy / Mehrsa Baradaran. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (328 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Governments and banks -- History of the social contract -- Banks with a soul -- How the other half borrows -- Unbanked and unwanted -- Changing the world without changing the rules -- Postal banking -- A public option in banking.

"The United States has two separate banking systems today --



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Banks and banking--Social aspects--United States.
Financial services industry--United States.
Check cashing services--United States.
Postal savings banks--United States.


Electronic Books.

HG2491 / .H698 2015