Bankruptcy in The United States - Social and Economic Factors

Social and Economic Factors

In 2008, there were 1,117,771 bankruptcy filings in the United States courts. Of those, 744,424 were chapter 7 bankruptcies, while 362,762 were chapter 13.

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