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I interviewed 48 bankrupt Americans – here's who they blame for their financial troubles

  • Written by Tess Wise, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Amherst College
I interviewed 48 bankrupt Americans – here's who they blame for their financial troublesPreventing home foreclosure is one reason middle-class people may declare Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy.fstop123/E+ via Getty Images

The people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection had an 18% bankruptcy rate – twice as high as the national average – according to a Washington Post investigation. A quarter of the...

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