Mallory SoRelle joins the Democracy Paradox to discuss the politics of consumer credit. She is an assistant professor of public policy at Duke University. She is the author of Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection.

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.

Key Highlights Include

• How the American economy depends on credit
• A brief history of consumer credit in America
• Details why consumer debt is a systemic problem
• Why financial consumers do not politically mobilize
• Explains how public policy shapes political behavior

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