Download or read book Social and Psychological Dimensions of Personal Debt and the Debt Industry written by Carl Walker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of personal debt requires an understanding of the complex social systems that produce poverty. By drawing upon international perspectives, this book investigates why more and more people are in debt, why it is causing so much mental distress and exactly who is benefiting from what has become the world's number one growth industry.