As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America (Google eBook)

Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook

Beard Books, Jun 1, 1999 - Business & Economics - 370 pages

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Contents

• Introduction: 3
• The Basic InformationA Little Law and a Few Numbers: 15
• The People: 49
• A Financial Portrait of People in Bankruptcy: 63
• Debtors at Work Occupations and Industries: 84
• The Entrepreneurs: 108
• The Homeowners: 128
• Women and Bankruptcy: 147
• Medical Debt and Bankruptcy: 166
• Credit Card Junkies: 178
• The Repeaters: 191
• Can These Debtors Pay?: 199
• Laws Models and Real People: 230
• The Other Players: 273
• Commercial Lending: 282
• Reluctant Creditors: 293
• The Consumer Credit Industry: 302
• Conclusion Bankruptcy and the Consumer Credit System: 328
• Data and Methods: 342
• List of Tables and Figures: 355
• Index: 359

About the author

Teresa A. Sullivan is Vice President and Graduate Dean and professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Elizabeth Warren is Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

Westbrook is Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Business Law, The University of Texas at Austin.

Bibliographic information

• Title: As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America
• Authors: Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Beard Books, 1999
• ISBN: 1893122158, 9781893122154
• Length: 370 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior; Business & Economics / Finance; Business & Economics / Personal Finance / General