Debt's Grip

Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy

AvPamela Foohey,Robert M. Lawless

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Debt’s Grip tells the story of financial struggle in the United States. Drawing on original data from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, a landmark long-term study, the authors use the words of bankruptcy filers themselves to shed light on their battles to keep their homes and their cars, pay for healthcare and higher education, care for their children, find adequate employment, retire, negotiate with debt collectors, and confront discrimination in lending. Laying bare the consequences of risk privatization, this book makes a powerful case for why the United States must confront the structural inequities that cause so many—especially Black families, women, and the elderly—to struggle in today’s economy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:635 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520394155

Utforska kategorier

Nationalekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Finansrätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Pamela Foohey is the Allen Post Professor of Law at the University of Georgia. Robert M. Lawless is the Max L. Rowe Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. Deborah Thorne is Professor of Sociology at the University of Idaho.

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"Debt’s Grip is a triumph."

Innehållsförteckning

Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments Introduction: Living under the Threatof Financial Collapse1. Filing Bankruptcy and the Bankruptcy System2. Struggling to Survive3. Staying Home and Going Places4. Staying Alive5. Staying Out of the Red6. Blackness of Bankruptcy7. All the Single Ladies (with Children) in Bankruptcy8. The Riskiest Years—Bankrupt Seniors9. Lawsuits and Debt Collectors10. “Resourced” Bankruptcy FilersConclusion: Reforming Bankruptcy’s Injustices Methodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex