Going broke : why Americans can't hold on to their money / Stuart Vyse.

Author: Vyse, Stuart A.

Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

ISBN: 9780195306996 (acid-free paper)
0195306996 (acid-free paper)

Description: ix, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s): Bankruptcy United States Case studies.
Finance, Personal United States.
Consumer education United States.

Contents: The open drain : David -- Making sense of financial failure : Susan -- The story of bankruptcy : Caroline -- Self-control and money : Sylvia -- A different story of bankruptcy : Kathy -- New ways of wanting : Frank -- New ways of spending : Marcia and Joel -- Thinking about money : Neil -- How not to go broke.