Archive: Consumer Finance Protection Bureau

• WCP: Grifting the Working Class

  Since the 2016 election, pundits have pondered how a man who began his campaign by gliding down an escalator in a gaudy Manhattan skyscraper festooned with his name managed to ride working-class resentment and anxiety to the presidency. How did a billionaire steal blue-collar Democratic voters right out from under Hillary Clinton’s upturned nose in broad daylight?

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection, Corporate Judiciary, Donald Trump, Marc Dann, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: For-Profit Colleges: Rough Times Ahead for Working-Class Students

  For-profit colleges promise a quality education and job training, but often fail working-class students and leave them struggling to stay afloat. The past decade has seen a number of measures introd

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Emily White, For-Profit Colleges, Higher education, John Russo, Marc Dann, Sherry Linkon, Student Loans, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives