Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.
Contents
Driven by debt : bankruptcy and financial failure in American families / Katherine Porter -- A vulnerable middle class : bankruptcy and class status / Elizabeth Warren and Deborah Thorne -- Out of balance? : financial distress in U.S. households / Brian Bucks -- Home burdens : the high costs of homeownership / Jerry Anthony -- College lessons : financial risks of dropping out / Katherine Porter -- Striking out on their own : the self employed in bankruptcy / Robert Lawless -- No forwarding address : losing homes in bankruptcy / Marianne Culhane -- Women's work, women's worry : debt management in financially distressed families / Deborah Thorne -- The do-it-yourself mirage : complexity in the bankruptcy system / Angela Littwin -- Less forgiven : race and Chapter 13 bankruptcy / Dov Cohen and Robert Lawless -- Borrowing to the brink : consumer debt in America / Kevin Leicht -- The middle class at risk / Jacob Hacker.
