9780691172989-0691172986-The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty

The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty

ISBN-13: 9780691172989
ISBN-10: 0691172986
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover 248 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780691172989
ISBN-10: 0691172986
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover 248 pages

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The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty (ISBN-13: 9780691172989 and ISBN-10: 0691172986), written by authors Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider, was published by Princeton University Press in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Economic Policy & Development (Economics, Budgeting & Money Management, Personal Finance, Credit Ratings & Repair, Poverty, Social Sciences, Class, Sociology, Specific Topics, Politics & Government) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Economic Policy & Development books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.46.

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What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce them

Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing everything right, this ideal is still out of reach.

In The Financial Diaries, Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider draw on the groundbreaking U.S. Financial Diaries, which follow the lives of 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigate through a year. Through the Diaries, Morduch and Schneider challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save―and they identify the true causes of distress and inequality for many working Americans.

We meet real people, ranging from a casino dealer to a street vendor to a tax preparer, who open up their lives and illustrate a world of financial uncertainty in which even limited financial success requires imaginative―and often costly―coping strategies. Morduch and Schneider detail what families are doing to help themselves and describe new policies and technologies that will improve stability for those who need it most.

Combining hard facts with personal stories, The Financial Diaries presents an unparalleled inside look at the economic stresses of today's families and offers powerful, fresh ideas for solving them.

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