Debt's Grip : Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy

Pamela Foohey

ISBN 10: 0520394151 / ISBN 13: 9780520394155

Published by University Of California Press Aug 2025, 2025

About this Item

Neuware - 'Almost unseen by anyone but a cadre of specialized lawyers, people in bankruptcy number in the millions. Grounded in data analysis, Debt's Grip brings to life the stories of those who solved their problems in the most modern and American of ways--by borrowing. Bankruptcy shows us the underbelly of consumer lending, the pain of people who collectively are the reality of macroeconomic trends like consumer spending and inflation. This book points squarely to the hardships that should center debate about what a thriving economy looks like or what constitutes an adequate social safety net.'--Katie Porter, former US Representative and Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Debt's Grip : Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy
• Publisher: University Of California Press Aug 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520394151
• ISBN 13: 9780520394155
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 20D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 635 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.