A Fighting Chance

bank CEOs

Congress and



lack of accountability and



Warren’s speech to



Bank of America Bank on Students bill (proposed) bankruptcy. See also National Bankruptcy Review Commission; and specific amendments

academic experts and



banks attempt to change law



business vs. personal



causes of





Chapter 7



Chapter 11





Chapter 13



child support and



Citibank seminar on



credit card debt and



defined



increase in



Kennedy and



Lehman Brothers and



means testing andn



military and



mortgage debt and



National Bankruptcy Review Commission and



profile of people in



shame and



Silvers and



small vs. big businesses and



Warren hopes to change laws on



Warren’s father and fear of



Warren’s research and writings on



Warren teaches courses on



bankruptcy bill (industry-supported, 2000–2004)

of 2000, vetoed by Clinton



of 2002



of 2005, signed by Bush



bankruptcy law amendments

of 1978



of 1984



of 1994



of 2005



Bankruptcy Research Project. See also Consumer Bankruptcy Project banks and banking. See also bank CEOs; big banks; credit cards; Dodd-Frank Act; financial regulation; foreclosures; lobbyists; mortgages; predatory lending; small banks; Troubled Asset Relief Program; and specific individuals and institutions

bankruptcy law and



benefits of regulation for honest



campaign contributions and



CFPB and



concentration in, and TARP



consumer complaint hotline and



COP and



Depression and



deregulation and



fees and



financial crisis and



foreclosure program to “foam runway” for



low-income access and



mortgage-backed securities and



National Bankruptcy Review Commission and



negotiated reorganization vs. bailouts and



predatory practices of



profits of



public relations and



S&L crisis and



stress tests and



TARP and attempt to restart lending by



TARP and shareholders innn



TARP and shares sold to government



Too Big to Fail and



women and



Barnes, Melody Barofsky, Neil Barr, Michael Barron, John M.

Bartlett, Steve Baum, Naomi Bauman, Nick Bear Stearns Bergstresser, Daniel Bernanke, Ben Better Business Bureau Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow Award Bible Biden, Joe Bierman, Noah big banks. See also banks and banking; and specific financial institutions

accountability and



bankruptcy law and



CFPB



COP and



foreclosure scandal andn



Glass-Steagall repeal and



government loans to, vs. students



interest rates and fees



mortgage bias and



National Bankruptcy Review Commission and



power and influence of



products of, regulated as contracts



reforms of 2009 and



Senate Banking Committee and



size of, after TARP



targeting by



TARP bailout and



TARP stock purchase and



Too Big to Fail and



Warren’s Senate campaign and



unregulated lenders and



big corporations

bankruptcy courts and



taxes and



Biggert, Judy Big Tobacco Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (2013) birth control coverage Black, Nick Black-Scholes method bloggers Bloomberg

Blumenthal, Adam M.

Blumenthal, Richard Blunt Amendment Boeri, David Boltansky, Isaac boom-and-bust cycles Booth, Heather Born, Brooksley Boston Globe

Bottari, Mary Boucher, Rick Boudrow, Francis C.

Bradley, Bill Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Brooks, James Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Brown, Scott

asbestos issue and



Blunt Amendment and



Cosmo and



debates and



Dodd-Frank and



election of 2010 and



firefighters union and



fundraising and



Native American issue and



outside ads and



Senate campaign of 2012 and



voter registration and



women and



Brown, Sherrod Bush, George H. W.

Bush, George W.

business. See also big corporations; small businesses

benefits of government investment for



credit and



failures



Business for Shared Prosperity Business Insider

Butler, M. Caldwell campaign contributions

financial industry and



Warren’s Senate campaign and



Campaign for America’s Future Cantwell, Maria capitalism Capital One capital reserve requirements Capuano, Mike car loans Carpenter, Michael Carrey, Jim Carvey, Dana Cawley, Charles M.

CBS News Ceccotti, Babette A.

Cecil, Guy Center for Budget Policies and Priorities Center for Media and Democracy Center for Public Integrity Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) Center for Responsive Politics Chase, Chevy children

bankruptcy and



government spending and



housing costs and



investing in



protecting