Resources

Truth About Credit Research

• The Campus Credit Card Trap, March 2008
• Characteristics of Fair Campus Credit Cards, April 2008

Truth About Credit Campaign Resources

• Truth About Credit campaign brochure
• Truth About Credit educational booklet
• Truth About Credit FEESA logo
• Truth About Credit campaign logo
• Principles for Responsible Credit Card Marketing Statement of Support
• Principles for Responsible Credit Card Marketing Endorsement Form

Documentaries, Web Video, Books

• Maxed Out
  • USPIRG has teamed up with Americans for Fairness in Lending to show Maxed Out on campuses.  Contact Christine Lindstrom for more information.
• In Debt We Trust
  • Another great documentary on the issue.
• You’ve Been F#%?’D
  • Web video spoof of the popular MTV show “You’ve Been Punked” about credit card industry practices, promoted by Americans for Fairness in Lending.
• Strapped:  Why America’s 20 and 30 Somethings Can’t Get Ahead
  • An excellent book chock full of recent statistics on debt and young people.
• Generation Debt:  Why Now is a Terrible Time To Be Young
  • Another great book documenting similar trends.

USPIRG Resources

• U.S. PIRG Report: Deflate Your Rate: How To Lower Your Credit Card APR
• U.S. PIRG Report: The Credit Card Trap: How To Spot It, How To Avoid It 
• U.S. PIRG's Consumer Blog
• Maryland PIRG Report: Graduating Into Debt: Credit Card Marketing on Maryland College Campuses
• PBS Frontline Interview for "The Secret History of the Credit Card" with U.S. PIRG's Ed Mierzwinski
• Hearing of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
• Hearing of U.S House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, including testimony of U.S. PIRG’s Ed Mierzwinski