9780691183145-0691183147-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: 9780691183145
ISBN-10: 0691183147
Edition: Reprint
Author: Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780691183145
ISBN-10: 0691183147
Edition: Reprint
Author: Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty (ISBN-13: 9780691183145 and ISBN-10: 0691183147), written by authors Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider, was published by Princeton University Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Economic History (Economics) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Economic History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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The ideal of the American Dream seems increasingly out of reach, even for many families who are trying to do everything right. To find out why, Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider followed 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigated a year of ups and downs. Through the groundbreaking US Financial Diaries project, we meet real people, from a casino dealer to a street vendor to a tax preparer, who open up their lives and reveal a world of financial uncertainty. For these families, even limited financial success requires imaginative―and often costly―coping strategies: forming saving clubs, borrowing from relatives, strategizing about skipping bills, and devising ways to keep money just out of easy reach. In The Financial Diaries, Morduch and Schneider challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save. This book uncovers deeper causes of distress and inequality, starkly illustrating how changes in America have placed too much risk on the wrong shoulders. The authors describe new tools and policies―from fin tech apps that help people manage money to laws that guarantee predictable hours―that will improve stability for those who need it most.
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