Description: Product Description : Bankrupt in America: A History of Debtors, Their Creditors, and the Law in the Twentieth Century (Markets and Governments in Economic History) In 2005 more than two million Americanssix out of every 1000 peoplefiled for bankruptcy Though personal bankruptcy rates have since stabilized bankruptcy remains an important tool for the relief of financially distressed households In Bankrupt in America Mary and Brad Hansen offer a vital perspective on the history of bankruptcy in America beginning with the first lasting federal bankruptcy law enacted in 1898Interweaving careful legal history and rigorous economic analysis Bankrupt in America is the first work to trace how bankruptcy was transformed from an intermittently used constitutional provision to an indispensable tool for business to a central element of the social safety net for ordinary Americans To do this the authors track federal bankruptcy law as well as related state and federal laws examining the interaction between changes in the laws and changes in how people in each state used the bankruptcy law In this thorough investigation Hansen and Hansen reach novel conclusions about the causes and consequences of bankruptcy adding nuance to the discussion of the relationship between bankruptcy rates and economic performance( it is an used product )
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Brand: University of Chicago Press
UPC: 9780226679563
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Country of Origin: USA United States
Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1
Dimensions LxWxH - Cms: 6X0.9X9
ISBN-10: 022667956X
ISBN-13: 9780226679563
SKU: SONG022667956X
Edition: First Edition
No. of Pages: 224
Book Title: Bankrupt in America: A History of Debtors, Their Creditors, and t
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Name: Bankrupt in America : a History of Debtors, Their Creditors, and the Law in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Bankruptcy & Insolvency, United States / 20th Century, Finance / General
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
Author: Bradley A. Hansen, Mary Eschelbach Hansen
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Law, Business & Economics, History
Series: Markets and Governments in Economic History Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
