Archive: Consumer Protection

• 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: Defending the Working Class from Financial Abuse

  Recent regulations help consumers hire lawyers, defend against lawsuits, and win favorable decisions in court against big businesses and corporations. In Working-Class Perspectives, attorney Marc Da

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Big Banks, Consumer Protection, Dodd-Frank, Financial Crisis, John Russo, Marc Dann, Regulation, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives