Debtfare states and the poverty industry : money, discipline and the surplus population / Susanne Soederberg.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248 -270) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Theorising money, credit and debtfare states -- Chapter 1: Demystifying money -- Chapter 2: The power and paradoxes of credit -- Chapter 3: Debtfare states -- Part II: Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States -- Preface to Part II: Debtfarism in the United States and the making of the poverty industry -- Chapter 4: Debtfarism and the credit card industry -- Chapter 5: Debtfarism and the student loan industry -- Chapter 6: Debtfarism and the payday loan industry -- Part III: Debtfarism and the poverty industry in Mexico -- Preface to Part III: Debtfarism, development and dispossession -- Chapter 7: Global debtfarism and the universalisation of financial inclusion -- Chapter 8: Debtfarism and the microfinance industry -- Chapter 9: Debtfarism and the housing industry – Conclusion – Bibliography -- Index

"This book theorizes the politics of debt and credit that underpins the expansion of consumer credit to the poor and addresses the role of states in facilitating consumer credit, in the developed and developing world. It features a range of case studies on pension securitization, credit cards, payday and student loans in the United States, and micro-lending and housing finance in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.