Just Money Misadventures in the Great Australian Debt Trap |
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| Author:
| Kurmelovs, Royce |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7022-6396-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Queensland Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $10.99 |
Book Description:
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The debt business is booming. Now more than ever millions of Australians are grappling with credit card, mortgage and student-debt repayments. As the result of a car crash without insurance, investigative journalist Royce Kurmelovs finds himself among them. When a debt collector knocks on his door, he embarks on a journey through the underbelly of the Australian financial system. Though friends tell him not to worry - that it's 'just money' - he learns the opposite is true: our...
More DescriptionThe debt business is booming. Now more than ever millions of Australians are grappling with credit card, mortgage and student-debt repayments. As the result of a car crash without insurance, investigative journalist Royce Kurmelovs finds himself among them. When a debt collector knocks on his door, he embarks on a journey through the underbelly of the Australian financial system. Though friends tell him not to worry - that it's 'just money' - he learns the opposite is true: our relationship with debt is a convergence of class and power, making it an urgent social justice issue for a growing number of people. Just Money is a timely and important book that reveals how years of political opportunism and rapacious business practices in the 'Lucky Country' have forged a nation that is leaving the next generation to pick up the tab.