We review the literature in sociology and related fields on the fast global growth of consumer
credit and debt and the possible explanations for this expansion. We describe the ways …

Inequalities in the distribution of wealth among families with children may have deleterious
health consequences, especially for adolescent children. Marked by significant psychosocial …

This article examines the link between wealth inequality and families' financial investment,
saving, and borrowing for the sake of children. Using the 1998–2016 Survey of Consumer …

When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up
turning to 'fringe banks,'such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their …

Many critical commentators view the current crisis and the attendant legitimacy problems for
free-market capitalism as an opportunity to make the case for financial re-regulation, ie a …

The rise of populism across Europe and the US–first in the wake of the 2008 global financial
crisis and then in the shape of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Brexit vote in …

Britain is an exemplar of a financialised economy that developed systems of household debt
to drive economic growth from the 1980s onwards. The prevailing critical and constructivist …

Die letzten Jahrzehnte waren vielerorts durch einen außerordentlichen Anstieg privater
Verschuldung gekennzeichnet, der nicht nur Wachstum und Wohlstand produzierte …

Critical work in international political economy (IPE) has sought to theorise US financial
power through the concept of structural power, intended as a means to go beyond state …

Why did household debt in Germany not increase after the year 2000? This article offers a
supply-side explanation for this deviant debt trajectory by tracing the historical evolution of …