In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis the G20 leaders have attempted to universalise
financial inclusion as a key development strategy Financial inclusion, which has long been …

The secondary circuit is a central element in the processes of capital accumulation, and its
relevance has become more acute in recent years as urban planning, housing, and real …

Vulnerability resulting from debt is part and parcel of the risk society and a salient
characteristic of current neoliberal times under financialized global capitalism. Rising …

Urban redevelopment governances are commonly treated as singular, monolithic entities
that are interactively homogeneous, deploying uniform ensembles of policies and practices …

Unsustainable high-cost lending was a major contributor to one of the worst financial crises
in US history. While several studies examine individual-and community-level predictors of …

Credit card debt is a ubiquitous feature of neoliberal capitalism. To explain the notable
growth of credit card usage in the US, I adopt a historical materialist approach that employs …

Communities on the fringes of the American metropolis have recently garnered attention as
the centers of the foreclosure crisis and its aftermath. On the one hand, this attention to the …

Using 2001–2010 homeownership data for the United States we analyze changes in racial
and ethnic disparities between whites and blacks, Asians, Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans …

This paper builds a critical geography of poverty finance with recourse to a relational
comparison of the microfinance and subprime mortgage markets. It probes paradoxical …

How are social inequalities experienced, reproduced and challenged in local, global and
transnational spaces? What role does the control of space play in distribution of crucial …