Prof Pamela Foohey
@proffoohey.bsky.social
UGA Law Prof. Bankruptcy, commercial, consumer finance (debt), corporate, banking. Co-investigator, Consumer Bankruptcy Project. Writing books about people and churches filing bankruptcy. Also @creditslipsblog.bsky.social. Love my 🐈s. she/her 🏳️🌈
Through people's experiences, we highlight particularly problematic issues in their lives, particularly problematic credit products, and particularly vulnerable populations. We wrote the book to be accessible to everyone--nonlawyers and lawyers. Find more on UC Press: www.ucpress.edu/books/debts-...
Debt's Grip by Pamela Foohey, Robert Lawless, Deborah Thorne - Paper
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August 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Through people's experiences, we highlight particularly problematic issues in their lives, particularly problematic credit products, and particularly vulnerable populations. We wrote the book to be accessible to everyone--nonlawyers and lawyers. Find more on UC Press: www.ucpress.edu/books/debts-...
Data comes from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, consumerbankruptcyproject.org.
Using the bankruptcy filers' own words, the book details the privations and struggles they suffer in the years leading up to their decisions to file bankruptcy.
Using the bankruptcy filers' own words, the book details the privations and struggles they suffer in the years leading up to their decisions to file bankruptcy.
Consumer Bankruptcy Project
consumerbankruptcyproject.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Data comes from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, consumerbankruptcyproject.org.
Using the bankruptcy filers' own words, the book details the privations and struggles they suffer in the years leading up to their decisions to file bankruptcy.
Using the bankruptcy filers' own words, the book details the privations and struggles they suffer in the years leading up to their decisions to file bankruptcy.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It also addresses how these issues intersect with demographic skews of bankruptcy filers (Black households, single women, and older Americans).
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It also addresses how these issues intersect with demographic skews of bankruptcy filers (Black households, single women, and older Americans).
The book draws on data about the people who file bankruptcy to illustrate what it means to live in financial precarity in the US. It focuses on homes and mortgages, cars and auto loans, medical expenses and health care, education and students loans, the changing nature of work, and debt collection.
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The book draws on data about the people who file bankruptcy to illustrate what it means to live in financial precarity in the US. It focuses on homes and mortgages, cars and auto loans, medical expenses and health care, education and students loans, the changing nature of work, and debt collection.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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