Description
In Maxed Out James Scurlock takes us on a road trip that is sometimes hysterical and often horrifying - from Las Vegas to London, from the Bible Belt to inner cities where the world's largest financial giants stalk their next victims. Welcome to a culture populated by debt pirates, corporate predators, human credit-card billboards, debt evangelists, mega-million-pound flats, and, of course, trillions of pounds of easy credit.Combining shocking facts with tough examinations of individuals, institutions, the government, and modern religion, Scurlock separates the myths - 'good debt' and 'bad debt - from the harsh reality: corporations partnering with colleges to target students; credit reports riddled with errors that will never be fixed; and death, for many of those in trouble, as the only way out. Scurlock exposes very real, potentially disastrous, systems that are consuming millions of us. Maxed Out takes readers on a wickedly smart and entertaining tour of what one interviewee calls 'the last taboo'. ISBN:9780007242887
