{"product_id":"maxed-out-james-d-scurlock-9781416532538","title":"Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit","description":"In this shocking and illuminating road trip through an America ravaged by debt, award-winning film director James Scurlock examines our multitrillion-dollar addiction to easy credit in all of its absurdities and contradictions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaxed Out\u003c\/i\u003e ventures beyond the mind-numbing statistics to expose a financial industry spinning wildly out of control. From the gilded master-planned communities of Northern Las Vegas to the shotgun shacks of the Deep South, the world's largest financial institutions are trolling for customers, hooking the nouveau riche and the poor alike with promises of cheap and easy credit. \u003ci\u003eMaxed Out\u003c\/i\u003e exposes how Wall Street and Congress spawned the subprime mortgage crisis and reveals how credit card issuers form multimillion-dollar partnerships with universities -- paying them millions for access to their students' personal information, setting kids up for financial ruin before their first job. The industry's final frontier, \"debt buying,\" is a veritable Wild West in which ambitious young men make quick fortunes off the misery and misfortune of others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hilarious, fascinating, and deeply disturbing, \u003ci\u003eMaxed Out\u003c\/i\u003e is one man's answer to modern America's most pressing question, \"Why can't we get out of debt?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. Scurlock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416532536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416532538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.60w x 0.68d","brand":"James D. Scurlock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123473576191,"sku":"9781416532538","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_013816ff-0ae9-4f6b-a6a9-70f3e7e62172.jpg?v=1687431092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maxed-out-james-d-scurlock-9781416532538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}