Building Assets, Building Credit
Subtitle: Creating Wealth in Low-income Communities (James a. Johnson Metro Series)
Contributors: Nicolas P. Retsinas (Editor); Eric S. Belsky (Editor)
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: August 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780815774099
Subjects: Development economics; Urban & Regional; Home ownership; Consumer credit; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; Personal Finance; Developing countries; Low-income consumers; Development - Business Development; Economics - General; Personal Finance - Investing
First sentence: Most poor people have no problem filling in the spaces on their balance sheets for income, debts, and expenses, but come up short in the space for assets.