Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren is a person.
- Context:
- She is a Legal Expert in U.S. Bankruptcy Law.
- See: American Middle-Class Household, Personal Bankruptcy.
References
2011
- Elizabeth Warren. (2011). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htX2usfqMEs
- QUOTE: … I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own — nobody. You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police-forces and fire-forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory — and hire someone to protect against this — because of the work the rest of us did. Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea. God bless — keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is, you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along. …
2005
- (Himmelstein et al., 2005) ⇒ David U. Himmelstein, Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne, and Steffie J. Woolhandler. (2005). “Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy." Harvard Medical School. doi:10.2139/ssrn.664565
- ABSTRACT: In 2001, 1.458 million American families filed for bankruptcy. To investigate medical contributors to bankruptcy, we surveyed 1,771 personal bankruptcy filers in five federal courts and subsequently completed in-depth interviews with 931 of them. About half cited medical causes, which indicates that 1.9-2.2 million Americans (filers plus dependents) experienced medical bankruptcy. Among those whose illnesses led to bankruptcy, out-of-pocket costs averaged dollar 11,854 since the start of illness; 75.7 percent had insurance at the onset of illness. Medical debtors were 42 percent more likely than other debtors to experience lapses in coverage. Even middle-class insured families often fall prey to financial catastrophe when sick.
2000
- (Sullivan et al., 2000) ⇒ Teresa A Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. (2000). “The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt." Yale University Press. ISBN:0300091710
1999
- (Sullivan et al., 1999) ⇒ Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. (1999). “As we forgive our debtors: Bankruptcy and consumer credit in America." Beard Books.
1987
- (Warren, 1987) ⇒ Elizabeth Warren. (1987). “Bankruptcy policy." The University of Chicago Law Review, 54(3)
- QUOTE: Bankruptcy is a booming business -- in practice and in theory. From headlines about LTV's 10,000-page filing to feature stories about bankrupt consumers (usually Joe-and-Ethel-whose-names-have-been-changed-to-protect-their-privacy), bankruptcy has become an increasingly popular news item in the past few years. Both organized labor and the consumer credit industry made concerted efforts to put bankruptcy issues before the public in their recent pushes to amend the new Bankruptcy Code. Lawyers have been drawn to the bright lights. Firms that did not have a single bankruptcy practitioner five years ago now field large bankruptcy sections. Bankruptcy seminars have been sellouts. And -- perhaps the most reliable indicator of increased attention and activity -- bankruptcy jokes have begun to make the rounds.
As bankruptcy has flourished in the popular press and in law practice, it enjoys what may be looked back on as a golden age in academe. Law review articles on bankruptcy abound, and enrollments in bankruptcy and related commercial law classes are reported to be on the rise across the country. Uncertainty about how the new Bankruptcy Code will be interpreted and dramatic shifts in the strategic use of bankruptcy have prompted reporters to call law professors for in-depth interviews or quotable statements for the evening news. Rumor has it that requests for expert help are on the increase and consultation fees are up for more than a few academics specializing in bankruptcy. All in all, it's not a bad time to know something about bankruptcy.
In the midst of this attention and …
- QUOTE: Bankruptcy is a booming business -- in practice and in theory. From headlines about LTV's 10,000-page filing to feature stories about bankrupt consumers (usually Joe-and-Ethel-whose-names-have-been-changed-to-protect-their-privacy), bankruptcy has become an increasingly popular news item in the past few years. Both organized labor and the consumer credit industry made concerted efforts to put bankruptcy issues before the public in their recent pushes to amend the new Bankruptcy Code. Lawyers have been drawn to the bright lights. Firms that did not have a single bankruptcy practitioner five years ago now field large bankruptcy sections. Bankruptcy seminars have been sellouts. And -- perhaps the most reliable indicator of increased attention and activity -- bankruptcy jokes have begun to make the rounds.