THE EVOLUTION OF GARNISHMENT AND WAGE ASSIGNMENT LAW IN ILLINOIS

<p>Recent research shows that, despite high interest rates, wage earners in the early twentieth century frequently obtained credit from retail shops, from loan sharks, and from the emerging formal consumer credit market. When wage earners defaulted, the options for collection available to thei...

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Main Authors: Bradley Hansen, Mary Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economic & Business History Society 2014-06-01
Series:Essays in Economic and Business History
Online Access:https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/241