
FEATURE
Author: Kevin Stein
Kevin Stein is the Associate Director of the California Reinvestment Coalition. At CRC, Kevin works on banking and housing issues, including efforts to fight predatory mortgage lending and foreclosure through negotiation with banks, regulatory and legislative advocacy, public education, support for local initiatives, and action research.
Explore research on the issue of consumer protection produced by social sector organizations. Topics include work related to pricing policies, credit reports, debt collection, quality and safety standards, and consumer rights education.
RESEARCH RELATED FUNDING
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TITLES RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Freedom on the Net 2021: The Global Drive to Control Big Tech
Sep 16, 2021
Publisher(s): Freedom House

More Competitive Search Through Regulation
May 20, 2021
Publisher(s): Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Yale University

Misfire: The Gun Industry's Lack of Accountability for Defective Firearms
Mar 30, 2021
Publisher(s): Violence Policy Center

Lending Discrimination within the Paycheck Protection Program
Jul 23, 2020
Publisher(s): National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Racial and Gender Mystery Shopping for Entrepreneurial Loans
Feb 19, 2020
Publisher(s): National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Automating Society : Taking Stock of Automated Decision-Making in the EU
Jan 1, 2019
Publisher(s): AlgorithmWatch

A Pound of Flesh: the Criminalization of Private Debt
Feb 23, 2018
Publisher(s): American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Research Brief: Can Illinois Households Afford a Check-cashing Rate Increase?
Feb 13, 2018
Publisher(s): Woodstock Institute
TITLES FROM THE ARCHIVES

The Ten Year Track Record of NAFTA: Undermining Sovereignty and Democracy
Dec 1, 2003
Publisher(s): Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch