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As WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS: BANKRUPTCY AND CONSUMiR CREDIT IN AMERICA. By Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. pp. xii, 370. $29.95. Reviewed by Michael J. Herbert* Bankruptcy may soon join death and taxes as an inevitable con-sequence of human life.
- Michael J. Herbert
- 1990
Apr 25, 1991 · Hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans file for bankruptcy each year, joining such giant corporations as Johns Manville and Continental Airlines, and once-wealthy individuals such as former Texas governor John Connally and rock star James Taylor.
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- Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook
mushrooming debt--consumer debt and consumer bankruptcy have both more than doubled since the late 1970s--or does it reflect a moreal decline that permits the middle class to evade their debts? As We Forgive Our Debtors addresses these questions with the data gathered in the largest empirical study
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Is this dramatic growth a result of mushrooming debt or does it reflect a moral decline that permits the middle class to evade their debts? As We Forgive Our Debtors addresses these...
Attachment of wage as a way for creditors to enforce payment by unwilling or insolvent debtors is not very successful in several countries. Based on a dynamic model of debtor behaviour, this paper …
As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America1. Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. This $250,000 study may be the most extensive...
Bankruptcy -- United States, Consumer credit -- United States, Finance, Personal -- United States Publisher New York : Oxford University Press Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; inlibrary Contributor Internet Archive Language English