The financial diaries : how American families cope in a world of uncertainty / Jonathan Morduch & Rachel Schneider.

Author: Morduch, Jonathan, author.

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Descriptionxii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Note:Introduction: A hidden inequality -- Worlds of uncertainty. Earning -- Spending -- Smoothing and spiking -- How families cope. Saving -- Borrowing -- Sharing -- New ways of seeing. Sometimes poor -- Secure and in control.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-223) and index.

Note:Combines facts with the personal stories of over two hundred low- and middle-income families to examine the economic stresses of today's families and offer fresh ideas for solving them.

Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries

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