Maxed Out On Showtime Tonight

Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders is a book and documentary that show abusive practices in the credit card industry. The book and movie use interviews with creditors and debtors. The film is on tonight at 7pm on Showtime and will also be on Monday May 26 at 10 am, and Thursday May 29 at 11pm. The film is also available through Netflix, Amazon.com and the usual locations.

The purpose for the book and the movie is to raise awareness of how credit and lending issues affect society. The film and book illustrate how banks and other creditors deliberately market to people who are more likely to have problems paying and that the creditors benefit from connections to government, the debt collection industry, and from lawmaker apathy.

The trailer is below.