An upcoming Book Talk event organized by the Program on Law and Political Economy at Harvard Law School will bring together Professors Abbye Atkinson (Berkeley Law), Chloe Thurston (Northwestern University), and Emily Zackin (Johns Hopkins University) for an exciting discussion on Professors Thurston and Zackin’s forthcoming book, The Political Development of American Debt Relief (University of Chicago Press). Originally scheduled as an in-person event, the discussion will now be live streamed due to popular demand.
From the publisher:
“Americans have a long history with debt. They also have a long history of mobilizing for debt relief. Throughout the nineteenth century, indebted citizens demanded government protection from their financial burdens, challenging readings of the Constitution that exalted property rights at the expense of the vulnerable. Their appeals shaped the country’s periodic experiments with state debt relief and federal bankruptcy law, constituting a pre-industrial safety net. Yet, the twentieth century saw the erosion of debtor politics and the eventual retrenchment of bankruptcy protections.
The Political Development of American Debt Relief traces how geographic, sectoral, and racial politics shaped debtor activism over time, enhancing our understanding of state-building, constitutionalism, and social policy.”
For more information, please visit the Program on Law and Political Economy at Harvard Law School’s webpage.
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