Bankruptcy

by Noah Berlatsky (Editor)

Overview

Individuals, small mom-and-pop shops, corporations, and even cities file for bankruptcy. It becomes an answer to circumvent complete ruin, but is it really the answer? This essential guide presents readers with a sequence of essays that debate subtopics of bankruptcy. Is it wrong to file for bankruptcy? How should different types of debt be dealt with in bankruptcy? What are issues facing cities that declare bankruptcy? When are government bailouts preferable to bankruptcy? These four questions are answered by sources such as James Kwak, Sarah Kliff, Joe Fulwiler, and Ariana Eunjung Cha.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737772456
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	04/08/2015
Series:	Opposing Viewpoints Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

Review: Bankruptcy "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections—by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens—include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."—Booklist

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