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Graying Of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout From Life In A Risk Society, Deborah Thorne, Pamela Foohey, Robert M. Lawless, Katherine Porter
Graying Of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout From Life In A Risk Society, Deborah Thorne, Pamela Foohey, Robert M. Lawless, Katherine Porter
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The social safety net for older Americans has been shrinking for the past couple decades. The risks associated with aging, reduced income, and increased healthcare costs, have been off-loaded onto older individuals. At the same time, older Americans are increasingly likely to file consumer bankruptcy, and their representation among those in bankruptcy has never been higher. Using data from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, we find more than a two-fold increase in the rate at which older Americans (age 65 and over) file for bankruptcy and an almost five-fold increase in the percentage of older persons in the U.S. bankruptcy system. …