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Bankrupt in America - Mary Eschelbach Hansen, Bradley A Hansen

Bankrupt in America

A History of Debtors, Their Creditors, and the Law in the Twentieth Century
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2020
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-67956-3 (ISBN)
CHF 83,80 inkl. MwSt
In 2005, more than two million Americans--six out of every 1,000 people--filed 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 1898.

Interweaving 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.

Mary Eschelbach Hansen is professor of economics at American University. Bradley A. Hansen is professor of economics at University of Mary Washington. He is the author of Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American Economic History: How the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company Shaped the Laws of Business from 1822 to 1929.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Markets and Governments in Economic History
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Wirtschaftsrecht Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10 0-226-67956-X / 022667956X
ISBN-13 978-0-226-67956-3 / 9780226679563
Zustand Neuware
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