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Adam Conover (adamconover@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 06:40:37 JST Adam Conover

Debt relief is not a new idea — the concept of bankruptcy was written into the US Constitution.
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  Adam Conover (adamconover@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 06:40:48 JST Adam Conover
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  Check out the new Factually! episode with Melissa Jacoby wherever you get podcasts!
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    Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · Bankruptcy can mean totally different things depending on your wealth. For the rich, it’s a shield; for the poor, it’s a punishment. Despite this debilitating divide, in a country where we need to take on debt for homes, transportation, and medical care, we still rely on the bankruptcy system to keep the economy from collapsing. This week, Adam sits with Melissa Jacoby, a law professor at UNC Chapel Hill and author of Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal. Together they discuss how a system designed as an economic safeguard has turned into a major divider of wealth in America. Find Melissa's book at factuallypod.com/booksSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconoverSEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on:» Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJAbout Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com.» SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1» FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum» FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/» FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum» Advertise on Factually! via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  @adamconover this really does make a lot of sense when you consider that many of our founders came from a British background, and that England still had debt imprisonment up through the mid 1800s. If you were building a system that, among other things, sought to eliminate capricious and indeterminate imprisonment, handling debt would be on your list.
  
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