Loan Sharks: The Birth of Predatory Lending By Charles R. Geisst Hardcover 0815729006 9780815729006 Loan Sharks: The Birth of Predatory Lending Predatory A problem rooted in the past that continues today. Looking for an investment return that could exceed 500 percent annually; maybe even twice that much? Private, unregulated lending to high risk borrowers is the answer, or at least it was in the United States for much of the period from the Civil War to the onset of the early decades of the twentieth century. Newspapers called the practice “loan sharking” because lenders employed the same ruthlessness as the great predators in the ocean. Slowly state and federal governments adopted laws and regulations curtailing the practice, but organized crime continued to operate much of the business. In the end, lending to high margin investors contributed directly to the Wall Street crash of 1929. Loan Sharks is the first history of predatory lending in the United States. It traces the origins of modern consumer lending to such older practices as salary buying and hidden interest charges. Yet, as Geisst shows, no holds barred loan sharking is not a thing of the past. Many current lending practices employed today by credit card companies, payday lenders, and providers of consumer loans would have been easily recognizable at the end of the nineteenth century. Geisst demonstrates the still prevalent custom of lenders charging high interest rates, especially to risky borrowers, despite attempts to control the practice by individual states. Usury and loan sharking have not disappeared a century and a half after the predatory practices first raised public concern.

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Predatory A problem rooted in the past that continues today Looking for an investment return that could exceed 500 percent annually maybe even twice that much Private unregulated lending to high risk borrowers is the answer or at least it was in the United States for much of the period from the Civil War to the onset of the early decades of the twentieth century Newspapers called the practice loan sharking because lenders employed the same ruthlessness as the great predators in the ocean Slowly state and federal governments adopted laws and regulations curtailing the practice but organized crime continued to operate much of the business In the end lending to high margin investors contributed directly to the Wall Street crash of 1929 Loan Sharks is the first history of predatory lending in the United States It traces the origins of modern consumer lending to such older practices as salary buying and hidden interest charges Yet as Geisst shows no holds barred loan sharking is not a thing of the past Many current lending practices employed today by credit card companies payday lenders and providers of consumer loans would have been easily recognizable at the end of the nineteenth century Geisst demonstrates the still prevalent custom of lenders charging high interest rates especially to risky borrowers despite attempts to control the practice by individual states Usury and loan sharking have not disappeared a century and a half after the predatory practices first raised public concern Loan Sharks The Birth of Predatory Lending

Loan Sharks: The Birth of Predatory Lending By Charles R. Geisst

0815729006

9780815729006

English

272

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