Genre: Money
Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
Details: The Great Crash of 2008 has resulted in difficult times for the majority of people. Not so for those working in the booming anti-poverty sector, for whom the current economic situation represents a chance to develop and advance. These mercenary businesspeople have created expensive goods like instant tax refunds and payday loans to sell to the credit-hungry working poor in an era of deregulation.