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This is the first book to focus on financially vulnerable households. Other texts on household (personal) finance have a middle- to upper-income focus. Financial challenges and choices of financially secure families are very different from those of financially vulnerable families~The book promotes two unique conceptualizations: (1) financial capability depends not only on individual knowledge and behavior, but also on what is possible in the e...

Businesses come to life as owners are allowed to speak in their own words in this first in-depth examination of self-employment told from the perspectives of low-income microentrepreneurs. The book systematically analyzes a range of issues, including who chooses to open a micro business, and why, what resources do they bring to their business venture, how well will their venture fare, and what contributes to the growth or decline of their busi...

This book fits nicely with economic studies that emphasize investment in human capital and ownership of resources. The authors ... posit development of self-employed businesses as a means for low-income minority individuals to overcome discrimination and other barriers to asset accumulation of wealth.