A Debtor World
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Debt
Charles J Tabb editor Ralph Brubaker editor Robert M Lawless editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:15th Nov '12
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A Debtor World contains a collection of contributions about the societal implications of private debt. The essays comprising this volume are authored by dozens of leading U.S. and international academics who have written about debt or issues related to debt in a wide range of disciplines including law, sociology, psychology, history, economics, and more. The goal of this collection is to explore debt neither as a problem nor a solution but as a phenomenon and to promote the exchange of knowledge to better comprehend why consumers and businesses decide to borrow money. It asks what happens to businesses and consumers under a heavy debt load, and what legal norms and institutions societies need to encourage the efficient use of debt while promoting a greater understanding of the global phenomenon of increased indebtedness and societal dependence.
"The American Bankruptcy Institute is pleased to commend this timely and thought-provoking volume. The world faces a wall of public and private debt. Sovereign nations in Europe are at the economic brink, threatening the central currency and continental union. According to the Congressional Budget Office, federal debt in the United States in on pace to double by the middle of the next decade and reach more than twice the size of the entire U.S. economy by 2037. Households groan under the weight of chronic heavy consumer spending, low personal savings rates, flat income growth, and underwater mortgages. The galaxy of academic stars assembled by Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless and Charles Tabb have produced a work rich in the causes and consequences of too much debt in our society." --Samuel J. Gerdano, Esq., Executive Director, American Bankruptcy Institute
ISBN: 9780199873722
Dimensions: 160mm x 236mm x 23mm
Weight: 604g
336 pages