Prelims -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Inequality and Access to Financial Services -- 2 The Political Economy of Consumer Credit Securitization: Comparing Predatory Lending in Home Finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan -- 3 Consumer Overindebtedness in Brazil and the...

Consumer credit, as an important aspect of the free movement of capital, has for a long time now been subject to European Union regulations. However, one important aspect of consumer credit, over-indebtedness, has not been acknowledged in the Consumer Credit directives of 1978 and 2009, nor is...