Grundüberlegungen zu einer kritischen Verbraucherforschung / Christian Fridrich, Renate Hübner, Karl Kollmann, Michael-Burkhard Piorkowsky und Nina Tröger -- Menschen in der Arbeits-, Konsum- und Mediengesellschaft. Zur Vermachtung und Verschränkung der Lebensfelder bzw. Teilmärkte moderner...

Postrecession, the asset-building movement continues to gain momentum across the country. Individuals and families pursue wealth-building strategies based on such time-honored principles as budget to save, save to invest, credit building, controlling debt and protecting wealth once it has been...

Payday loans are widely condemned as a “predatory debt trap.” We test that claim by researching how households in Georgia and North Carolina have fared since those states banned payday loans in May 2004 and December 2005. Compared with households in states where payday lending is permitted,...

In the wake of the Great Recession, more Americans are turning their focus to personal financial recovery. Whether they are recovering from a setback such as unemployment or reduced income, increasing their rainy-day funds, shoring up retirement savings, reducing high-cost debt balances, or all...