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Shame and bankruptcy : the numbers of Americans filing for bankruptcy protection has surged fivefold in two decades. A Richmond Fed economist challenges the conventional wisdom that declining stigma is at the root of the increase


Keywords: Bankruptcy; Consumer credit;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Econ Focus

Publication Date: 2005

Volume: 9

Issue: Win

Pages: 28-31