Usury is a frequent occurrence in consumer credit markets and particularly affects low-income households. Systemic … usury exploits poverty by shifting usury into additional products and leveraging usury gains by stringing together … individual loan agreements. This paper reviews the economic rationale for usury legislation and on this basis evaluates the …

Usury is a frequent occurrence in consumer credit markets and particularly affects low-income households. Although the … term usury conjures images of a greedy individual consciously acting to exploit the weak bargaining position of another by … deceitful and even fraudulent means, we consider it as a systemic issue: as a problem of social discrimination, where belonging …

Usury is a frequent occurrence in consumer credit markets and particularly affects low-income households. Although the … term usury conjures images of a greedy individual consciously acting to exploit the weak bargaining position of another by … deceitful and even fraudulent means, we consider it as a systemic issue: as a problem of social discrimination, where belonging …

Usury is a frequent occurrence in consumer credit markets and particularly affects low-income households. Although the … term usury conjures images of a greedy individual consciously acting to exploit the weak bargaining position of another by … deceitful and even fraudulent means, we consider it as a systemic issue: as a problem of social discrimination, where belonging …