Regulating Risk: The Emerging Political Economy of “FringeTech”

• In Event: The Politics of Insecurity and Precarity in the American Political Economy

Brief Overview

Fringetech services offer digital, non-bank alternatives to existing fringe credit options. Who uses fringetech and how does use impact political engagement? We use original survey data and state-level credit-welfare data to answer these questions.

Authors

• Mallory SoRelle, Duke University

• Grace Elizabeth Beals, Cornell University