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“The fact is, out of all the possible reasons for going bankrupt, only three account for nearly 90 percent of bankruptcy: a job loss, a medical problem, or a divorce. And the fact is that those are exactly the kind of calamities that the bankruptcy courts were designed to help people through.”

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Amelia Warren Tyagi
Amelia Warren Tyagi

Amelia Warren Tyagi is an economist, whose life and achievements are not well-documented. more

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